Ecolab Usa Inc patents

Ecolab Usa Inc holds 3,492 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents3,492
Recent patents794
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015254
2016338
2017373
2018363
2019381
2020357
2021289
2022269
2023241
2024300
2025276
202651
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015254
2016338
2017373
2018363
2019381
2020357
2021289
2022269
2023241
2024300
2025276
202651

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
C11D2111/14365
C11D3/10333
C11D1/72298
C11D3/044261
C11D3/33245

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Ecolab Usa Inc have in patentsdb?
Ecolab Usa Inc is linked to 3,492 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Ecolab Usa Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Chemistry & Metallurgy (2,418); Human Necessities (1,079); Operations & Transport (1,003).
Is Ecolab Usa Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 300 in 2024 and 276 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Ecolab Usa Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.