PHYGEN COATINGS, INC.

Agritech · Private

Low-friction and wear-resistant coatings for cotton gin components using proprietary FORTIPHY XVD technology

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Agritech
Total capital: $5.7M

Federal grants: $129K; 1 award · 2025; Rank in peer group#2 of 80
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.6M; 10 awards · Defense; Rank in Agritech#13 of 882
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

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Latest events

Feb 2026Federal contractDefense · Contractor To Apply Chromium Nitride To Spindles Per Drawing #11583062, Note 8 For Watervliet Arsenal Production, Watervliet, Ny.$700K
Aug 2025Federal grantAgriculture · Cutting Costs Andimproving Technology Are Important Topics For Cotton Producers And Ginners Working To Keep The Cotton Industry Sustainable And Profitable. One Significant Cost, That Can Be Reduced By Improving Technology, Is The Energy Consumption Of The Cotton Gin Stand. Duringthis Research Effort Phygen Coatings, Inc., With The Assistance Of The Usda-ars Cotton Ginning Research Unit, Will Investigate Lowering Energy Consumption Of The Cotton Gin Standand Improving The Lifespan Of Critical Com$129K
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · To Cover The Cost Of Labor, Materials, And Equipment For The Application Of Chromium Nitride Coating To Spindles For The Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York$335K
Dec 2022Federal contractDefense · Ukraine - Application Of Chromium Nitride Coating To Spindles In Support Of The Watervliet Arsenal (wva) 155MM M776 Cannon Program Watervliet, Ny.$1.5M
Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Order For The Chromium Nitride Coating For 500 Each Spindles, For The Watervliet Arsenal, Ny 12189-4000$1M
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Contract For Up To 700 Spindles Chromium Nitrided Per Technical Data Drawings For Production At The Watervliet Arsenal Ny.$1.5M
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Advanced Coatings Howitzer Spindles Critical Functions$173K

Show 4 earlier federal awards

Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Gear Coatings For Loss Of Lubrication Mitigation, SBIR Phase I$100K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Coating$43K
Jul 2013Federal contractDefense · Functionality Improvement In Topside Cleats$145K
Dec 2012Federal contractDefense · This Is A Requirement For PR#2100057705$39K

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Standing among 80 peers

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Agritech · Material

Federal grants#2 · top 3%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
11 Jun 2026Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.