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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS)

NYSE: WMS · Plastics Foam Products · Hilliard, OH · filing with the SEC since 2014
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

206 patents granted to the 12 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 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
206
174 utility, 32 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
23
Against 17 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
151
19 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
12
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
Civil engineering21
Chemical engineering10
Mechanical elements7
Other special machines6
Handling3
Machine tools2
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Environmental technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name12 counted
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
110 granted
86 published
National Diversified Sales, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
33 granted
19 published
Infiltrator Water Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
24 granted
6 published
STORMTECH LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
14 granted
8 published
Orenco Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
4 published
TECO S.R.L. a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
6 published
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
12 published
Infiltrator Water Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
EZflow L.P. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
TECO S.R.L. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IT
0 granted
2 published
National Diversified Sales, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
PRESBY PLASTICS, INC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (6)
Teco S.r.l
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in IT. 8 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
StormTech LLC
Every patent under it that falls to this company prints another country (AU). 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
ADS International, Inc.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
ADS International, Inc.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
JET Polymer Recycling, LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
StormTech LLC
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 9, 202512,492,774Connector for mainline pipe and outlet pipeMechanical elementsAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,492,130Systems and methods for stormwater managementChemical engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Dec 2, 2025D1,104,225Universal drainage adapterAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Sep 16, 202512,416,147Universal base plate with tabsCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Sep 9, 2025D1,092,680Aeration gridAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Aug 5, 2025D1,087,301Universal couplingAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Aug 5, 202512,378,757Systems, apparatus, and methods for isolating flow in a stormwater management crate arrayCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Jul 29, 202512,371,891Stormwater box with trussesCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Jul 29, 202512,371,890Leaching chamber with locking swivel latchCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Jul 1, 2025D1,081,910WeirAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 4, 20252025/0369222UNIVERSAL BASEPLATE WITH TABSCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0347099STORMWATER BOX WITH TRUSSESCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0347078SECONDARY SAFETY LID FOR A RISER SYSTEMCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0345726ENCLOSED MEDIA FLUID FILTRATION DEVICEChemical engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0332528HYDRODYNAMIC SEPARATOR WITH MULTIPLE SETTLING SUMP CONESChemical engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0277349MANHOLE CONSTRUCTIONCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Aug 14, 20252025/0257545MANHOLE CONSTRUCTIONCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Aug 7, 20252025/0250785STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CRATE ASSEMBLY WITH TAPERED COLUMNS AND ARCHED SIDE PANELSCivil engineeringAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Jun 19, 20252025/0197101NESTING STORMWATER CHAMBER ENDCAPSHandlingAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Jun 12, 20252025/0189061PIPE WITH AN OUTER WRAPOther special machinesAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 17 · Chemical engineering 6 · Mechanical elements 5 · Handling 4 · Other special machines 4 · Environmental technology 2.

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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