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Valvoline Inc. (VVV)

NYSE: VVV · Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum & Coal · Lexington, KY · filing with the SEC since 2016
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

26 patents granted to the 2 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 Valvoline Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
26
18 utility, 8 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
29
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'25
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
Basic materials chemistry10
IT methods for management1
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
VALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
26 granted
13 published
Valvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 7, 202311,597,891Lubricant composition containing Ashless TBN moleculesBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Sep 13, 202211,441,096Lubricant for use in electric and hybrid vehicles and methods of using the sameBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Sep 6, 202211,434,447Silicone modified lubricantBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
May 31, 202211,345,873Lubricant composition containing ashless TBN moleculesBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Sep 21, 202111,128,986System and method for telematics for tracking equipment usageDigital communicationVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Sep 21, 202111,124,745Composition for use in cleaning metal componentsBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Aug 3, 202111,078,436Lubricant for preventing and removing carbon deposits in internal combustion enginesBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
May 25, 202111,017,483System and method for telematics for tracking equipment usageIT methods for managementVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Apr 20, 2021D916,599Flexible oil pouchVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Mar 16, 202110,947,474Friction modifier for motor oilBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 29, 20252025/0173686SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING VEHICLE BRAKE PADSComputer technologyValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
Mar 27, 20252025/0100330FORECASTING TIRE TREAD DEPTHMeasurementValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
Dec 7, 20232023/0391144CONTACTLESS TIRE INSPECTIONMeasurementValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
Jun 1, 20232023/0167348LOW CURRENT HEAT TRANSFER FLUID FOR SAFER ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONSElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
Dec 22, 20222022/0403280Traction Fluid with Improved Low Temperature CharacteristicsBasic materials chemistryValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC · patent 12,173,246 granted from it
Nov 24, 20222022/0372393LUBRICANT FOR USE IN ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEBasic materials chemistryValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC · patent 12,065,623 granted from it
Aug 25, 20222022/0268538FOAMING EVAPORATOR COIL CLEANERBasic materials chemistryValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC · patent 12,044,489 granted from it
May 5, 20222022/0135896LUBRICANT COMPOSITION CONTAINING ASHLESS TBN MOLECULESBasic materials chemistryValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC · patent 11,674,104 granted from it
May 5, 20222022/0135895LUBRICANT COMPOSITION CONTAINING ASHLESS TBN MOLECULESBasic materials chemistryValvoline Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC · patent 11,597,891 granted from it
Dec 2, 20212021/0371778COMPOSITION FOR USE IN CLEANING METAL COMPONENTSBasic materials chemistryVALVOLINE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC · patent 11,788,036 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 1 · Computer technology 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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