Company Analysis

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL)

Nasdaq: UAL · Air Transportation, Scheduled · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.1
◀ Past 3.7● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.1

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

34 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to United Airlines Holdings, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
34
31 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 6 in 2024 and 5 in 2023
Applications published
35
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'07'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management4
Transport4
Digital communication2
Handling1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
34 granted
9 published
UNITED AIRLINES, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
23 published
Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
3 published
Names not counted (1)
● MPH I, LLC
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 16, 202512,416,437Air cycle machine failure alert systemComputer technologyUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
May 6, 202512,291,336Passenger seating arrangement having access for disabled passengersTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Dec 24, 202412,175,475Remote airline agent on-demandIT methods for managementUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Jul 30, 202412,049,324Aircraft emergency escape slide container and method of changing an aircraft emergency escape slideTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Jul 23, 2024D1,036,461Display panel with animated graphical user interface for flight informationUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
May 21, 202411,987,440Fan blade shipping and storage boxHandlingUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Mar 19, 202411,936,725Airline peer-to-peer data transfer systemDigital communicationUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Mar 19, 202411,935,070Remote airline agent on-demandIT methods for managementUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Jul 4, 202311,691,736Passenger seating arrangement having a screen between seat unitsTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Jun 27, 202311,689,615Airline peer-to-peer data transfer systemDigital communicationUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 31, 20252025/0244064AIR CYCLE MACHINE FAILURE ALERT SYSTEMComputer technologyUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Jul 17, 20252025/0229901PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERSTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
May 29, 20252025/0173632Methods and Systems for Alternative Electronic Itinerary Generation Using Interactive Generative Artificial IntelligenceIT methods for managementUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Apr 17, 20252025/0123039AIR CYCLE MACHINE FAILURE ALERT SYSTEMComputer technologyUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Feb 6, 20252025/0042570CABIN AIR COMPRESSOR FAILURE ALERT SYSTEMTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC.
Sep 12, 20242024/0302087AIR CYCLE MACHINE FAILURE ALERT SYSTEMComputer technologyUNITED AIRLINES, INC. · patent 12,416,437 granted from it
May 30, 20242024/0177174Remote Airline Agent on-DemandIT methods for managementUNITED AIRLINES, INC. · patent 12,175,475 granted from it
Nov 30, 20232023/0382535PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ACCESS FOR DISABLED PASSENGERSTransportUNITED AIRLINES, INC. · patent 12,291,336 granted from it
Aug 31, 20232023/0275961AIRLINE PEER-TO-PEER DATA TRANSFER SYSTEMDigital communicationUNITED AIRLINES, INC. · patent 11,936,725 granted from it
Aug 17, 20232023/0259953Remote Airline Agent on-DemandIT methods for managementUNITED AIRLINES, INC. · patent 11,935,070 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 3 · IT methods for management 2 · Transport 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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