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Whirlpool Corp. (WHR)

NYSE: WHR · Household Appliances · Benton Harbor, MI · 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

6,070 patents granted to the 9 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 Whirlpool Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
6,070
4,951 utility, 1,115 design, 3 reissue, 1 defensive publication, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
272
Against 334 in 2024 and 387 in 2023
Applications published
4,384
178 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary, its holding company
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 consumer goods585
Furniture, games155
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy148
Thermal processes and apparatus136
Civil engineering53
Chemical engineering35
Other special machines31
Mechanical elements31
Surface technology, coating20
Materials, metallurgy15
Handling13
Environmental technology13
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Whirlpool Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6,002 granted
3,148 published
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 125 more under the same name are not counted (printed in BR)
0 granted
1,209 published
INSINKERATOR LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
37 granted
2 published
Whirlpool Europe B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
25 granted
0 published
INSINKERATOR LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 published
Whirlpool Patents Company its holding company
US, as the owner printed on each patent; a holding company under the name WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
3 granted
2 published
Kitchenaid, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
WHIRLPOOL CANADA INC. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Whirlpool Patents Company its holding company
named as the applicant on its applications, in US; a holding company under the name WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
Maytag Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CA. 813 granted and 312 published under it are not counted.
WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
Most of its patents print BR; this name counts in US. 161 granted and 171 published under it are not counted.
Whirlpool International GmbH
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in CH. 20 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,858Disposer fluid injection assemblyINSINKERATOR LLC
Dec 30, 202512,510,254Active venting control systemEnvironmental technologyWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 30, 202512,510,252User interface mounting bracketThermal processes and apparatusWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 30, 202512,509,404Processes for making a super-insulating core for a vacuum insulating structureMaterials, metallurgyWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 30, 202512,508,751Insulation compaction device and method for forming an insulated structure for an applianceOther special machinesWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 23, 2025D1,106,748Hub cover for a stand mixerWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 23, 202512,504,777Systems for interchangeable knob assembliesThermal processes and apparatusWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 23, 202512,504,217Insulated structure for a refrigeration unitOther consumer goodsWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 23, 202512,504,175Air-tight removable divider and thermal breakThermal processes and apparatusWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 16, 202512,495,946Household appliance with a user interfaceFurniture, gamesWhirlpool Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0389476REFRIGERATOR STORAGE SYSTEMOther consumer goodsWHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Dec 25, 20252025/0389475REFRIGERATOR AND STORAGE SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATOROther consumer goodsWHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Dec 25, 20252025/0389108Disposer Fluid Injector System and MethodCivil engineeringINSINKERATOR LLC
Dec 18, 20252025/0382736FLUID FILTER FOR AN APPLIANCE INCORPORATING A DYNAMIC BYPASS MECHANISMOther consumer goodsWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0381535MIXER ATTACHMENTChemical engineeringWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0380849DISHWASHER WITH DOOR ASSEMBLYFurniture, gamesWHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Dec 18, 20252025/0380801BRACKET SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN APPLIANCE TO A CABINET STRUCTUREFurniture, gamesWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 18, 20252025/0380800BRACKET SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN APPLIANCE TO A CABINET STRUCTUREFurniture, gamesWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0377066STRUCTURAL CABINET FOR AN APPLIANCE INCORPORATING UNITARY METALLIC BOXESOther consumer goodsWhirlpool Corporation
Dec 11, 20252025/0375064MIXING APPLIANCE AND CONTROL SWITCH ASSEMBLYFurniture, gamesWHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 200 · Furniture, games 66 · Thermal processes and apparatus 62 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 42 · Chemical engineering 15 · Civil engineering 11.

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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