Company Analysis

WD-40 Company (WDFC)

Nasdaq: WDFC · Miscellaneous Chemical Products · San Diego, CA · filing with the SEC since 1995
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Patents

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

19 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 WD-40 Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
19
13 design, 6 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
8
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name3 counted
WD-40 COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
2 published
WD-40 COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 published
Heartland, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
2 granted
0 published
Names not counted (2)
Tokyo, Japan
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in CN. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
HPD Laboratories, Inc.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AU. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 29, 2020D906,107Child resistant aerosol actuatorWD-40 COMPANY
Aug 25, 202010,752,427Child resistant aerosol actuatorHandlingWD-40 COMPANY
Aug 20, 201910,390,400Soft start circuitry for LED lighting devices with simultaneous dimming capabilityElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHeartland, Inc.
Aug 6, 201910,370,176Child resistant aerosol actuatorHandlingWD-40 COMPANY
May 28, 2019D849,547BottleWD-40 COMPANY
Jun 19, 2018D820,681BottleWD-40 COMPANY
Mar 20, 2018D813,042BottleWD-40 COMPANY
Oct 10, 20179,788,391Solid state lighting panelElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyHeartland, Inc.
Mar 3, 2015D723,368Flexible straw for aerosol productWD-40 COMPANY
Nov 30, 20107,841,045Hand-held high velocity air blowerFurniture, gamesWD-40 COMPANY
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 24, 20202020/0299608NON-FLAMMABLE AEROSOL MULTIUSE INVERT EMULSION LUBRICANTBasic materials chemistryWD-40 COMPANY
Mar 12, 20202020/0080020NON-FLAMMABLE AEROSOL MULTIUSE INVERT EMULSION LUBRICANTBasic materials chemistryWD-40 COMPANY
Apr 25, 20192019/0119031CHILD RESISTANT AEROSOL ACTUATORHandlingWD-40 COMPANY · patent 10,752,427 granted from it
Mar 14, 20192019/0077580CHILD RESISTANT AEROSOL ACTUATORHandlingWD-40 COMPANY · patent 10,370,176 granted from it
Oct 18, 20182018/0298306NON-FLAMMABLE AEROSOL MULTIUSE INVERT EMULSION LUBRICANTBasic materials chemistryWD-40 COMPANY
Aug 21, 20142014/0231468TELESCOPING SPOUT FOR LIQUID CONTAINER WITH FLOW CONTROLHandlingWD-40 COMPANY
Feb 3, 20112011/0027003Hand-held carpet cleaning deviceFurniture, gamesWD-40 COMPANY
Dec 18, 20082008/0311227Long-lasting mildew stain remover and method for making sameBasic materials chemistryWD-40 COMPANY

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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