Intellectual Property

We recognize the importance of intellectual property whether through a patent, licensing of software, copyright, invention disclosures, trademarks, or trade secrets.

Patents

Since 1947 we have earned more than 1,500 U.S. patents. As part of a long-held tradition, patent rights arising from sponsored research at the Institute may be assigned to the client. SwRI generally retains the rights to Institute-funded advancements. We also help clients pursue patents for their sponsored research. For information on licensing any of the technologies in our intellectual property portfolio, contact the General Counsel’s Office at +1 210 522 5560.

 

Patent Number Date Of Issue Title of Invention Inventors
12,516,257 01/06/2026 Technologies for Reducing the Viscosity of Crude Oil

James Wood; Sergio Trevino

12,497,698 12/16/2025 Coatings Formed from the Deposition of Plasma-Activated Adducts

Michael A. Miller; Ronghua Wei; Gregory J. Hatton

12,486,790 12/02/2025 Intermediate Pressure Supercritical CO2 Power Cycle

Aaron M. McClung; Klaus Brun

12,475,691 11/18/2025 System and Method for Overcoming Real-World Losses in Machine Learning Applications

Harold A. Garza; David R. Chambers; Douglas A. Brooks

12,467,393 11/11/2025 Warm Air Recirculation for Exhaust Aftertreatment Warmup of Internal Combustion Engine

Alexander Michlberger; Prathik Meruva; Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr.

12,460,921 11/04/2025 Metrology 3D Scanning System and Method

Mingu Kang; Levi Armstrong; Matthew M. Robinson; Marc Alban; Brad Johnson; James Clark

12,459,106 11/04/2025 Autonomous Rail and Tread Self-Driving and Anchoring Assembly

Cody Bressler; Meera M. Towler

12,442,863 10/14/2025 Systems and methods for battery performance monitoring

Jayant Vitthal Sarlashkar; Venkata Rajesh Chundru; Bapiraju Surampudi

12,422,426 09/23/2025 Electrically Insulated Block-on-Rotating-Ring Test Unit and Method

Carlos J. Sanchez; Peter Mark Lee

12,416,301 09/16/2025 Traveling Wave Fluid Energy Machine

Craig R. Nolen, Jr.