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Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI)

NYSE: VMI · Fabricated Structural Metal Products · Omaha, NE · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

223 patents granted to the 5 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 Valmont Industries, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
223
207 utility, 15 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
18
Against 14 in 2024 and 10 in 2023
Applications published
117
6 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Other special machines26
Civil engineering12
Mechanical elements7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy6
Measurement5
Telecommunications3
Control3
Transport3
Surface technology, coating2
Environmental technology1
Digital communication1
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Valmont Industries, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 10 more under the same name are not counted (printed in FR)
220 granted
101 published
Valmont Industries, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
14 published
Valmont Australia PTY LTD a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in AU
0 granted
2 published
Valmont Newmark, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Valmont Australia PTY LTD a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (3)
Delta Ltd.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 10 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Delta Ltd.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Delta Ltd.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in GB. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 16, 202512,498,034Helical center drive gearbox for enclosing gearbox componentsMechanical elementsValmont Industries, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,268System and method for irrigation management using machine learning workflowsOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,490,693System, method and apparatus for providing a solar pump system for use within a mechanized irrigation systemOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,466,554System, method and apparatus for installation of condition monitoring sensorsTransportValmont Industries, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,459,215Fire resistant composite poleOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Oct 21, 2025D1,098,902Tree branch antenna concealment anchorValmont Industries, Inc.
Sep 2, 2025D1,091,516Palm frond antenna concealmentValmont Industries, Inc.
Sep 2, 2025D1,091,298Port hole hangerValmont Industries, Inc.
Aug 19, 202512,389,842System and method for detecting end gun statusChemical engineeringValmont Industries, Inc.
Jul 29, 202512,370,391Distribution pole and method of fireproof distribution pole installationCivil engineeringValmont Industries, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 4, 20252025/0369497METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIBRATIONAL DAMPENINGMechanical elementsValmont Industries, Inc.
Oct 2, 20252025/0305292SCREENING ELEMENT, SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTING SYSTEMCivil engineeringValmont Australia PTY LTD
Sep 25, 20252025/0295104SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION OF APPLICANTS TO DISCRETE FIELD LOCATIONSOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Sep 11, 20252025/0283344POLE ASSEMBLYSurface technology, coatingValmont Industries, Inc.
May 15, 20252025/0159385REMOTE RADIO HEAD MOUNTING BRACKET AND METHOD FOR USEAudio-visual technologyValmont Industries, Inc.
Apr 3, 20252025/0112362Low-PIM Cellular Base Station Antenna Concealments Utilizing Low-PIM FastenersTelecommunicationsValmont Industries, Inc.
Nov 21, 20242024/0381821SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGER CALIBRATION AND IMAGE COLLECTION WITHIN A FIELD IRRIGATION SYSTEMOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Sep 19, 20242024/0308659SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION OF CONDITION MONITORING SENSORSTransportValmont Industries, Inc. · patent 12,466,554 granted from it
Sep 12, 20242024/0298584CABLE AND TROLLEY SYSTEM FOR USE WITHIN AN IRRIGATION SPAN ASSEMBLYOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
Aug 29, 20242024/0284840ROLL FORMED BEAM ASSEMBLY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT FIELD IRRIGATION APPARATUSOther special machinesValmont Industries, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other special machines 8 · Transport 3 · Mechanical elements 2 · Telecommunications 1 · Audio-visual technology 1 · Surface technology, coating 1.

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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