Company Analysis

Vistra Corp. (VST)

NYSE: VST · Electric Services · Irving, TX · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.8
◀ Past 7.3● Present 6.3▶ Future 3.9

Patents

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

4 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 Vistra Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
4
4 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
4
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'13'14'18'19'20'23
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 management1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Ambit Holdings, L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
2 published
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jun 27, 202311,687,847System and method for home automation servicesIT methods for managementTXU Energy Retail Company LLC
Feb 12, 201910,204,310System and method for home automationIT methods for managementTXU Energy Retail Company LLC
Oct 30, 201810,116,747Electricity provider content platformDigital communicationTXU Energy Retail Company LLC
May 14, 20138,442,917Energy distribution and marketing backoffice system and methodIT methods for managementAmbit Holdings, L.L.C.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 13, 20202020/0258011SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME AUTOMATION SERVICESIT methods for managementTXU Energy Retail Company LLC · patent 11,687,847 granted from it
Jan 24, 20192019/0028547ELECTRICITY PROVIDER CONTENT PLATFORMDigital communicationTXU Energy Retail Company LLC
Jan 23, 20142014/0025475SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING SPONSORED ENERGY SERVICESIT methods for managementAmbit Holdings, L.L.C. · patent 10,108,976 granted from it
Sep 19, 20132013/0246257ENERGY DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING BACKOFFICE SYSTEM AND METHODIT methods for managementAmbit Holdings, L.L.C. · patent 10,650,359 granted from it

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.

SI Assistanton VST · research, not advice