What Did The Patent Landscape of Kellogg Look Like?

Kellogg Company, commonly known as Kellogg’s, is a multinational food manufacturing company renowned for its breakfast cereals and snacks. It was established on February 19, 1906, by Will Keith Kellogg and is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.

As of April 2023, Kellogg’s market capitalization stood at approximately $23 billion.

Kellogg has a total of 4045 patent families globally. Out of 4045 patent Families, 251 patent Families are active  

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Kellogg that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Kellogg patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Kellogg’s patent portfolio.   

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Kellogg

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Kellogg

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	3151
		CEASED	39
		NON-PAYMENT	28
		ABANDONED	22
		DISCONTINUATION	22
		REVOKED	22
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	88
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	22
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	175
		EXPIRED	120
		DISCONTINUATION	66
		WITHDRAWN	36
		ABANDONED	30
		CEASED	22
		NON-PAYMENT	22
		REJECTED	22
		REVOKED	22
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	82
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	22
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	26
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	22
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	22
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	70
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	37
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	22
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	22
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	22
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	22

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Kellogg

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Kellogg on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-3606878-A	104	52	73	28	10	267
US-6357526-B1	8	78	127	33	5	251
US-20070239101-A1	0	3	34	148	63	248
US-4584625-A	30	65	63	54	5	217
US-4407973-A	61	30	89	10	3	193
US-5464642-A	78	36	19	5	1	139
WO-2000078455-A1	16	41	22	29	29	137
US-5325673-A	29	39	24	19	7	118
WO-1998007019-A1	38	38	21	6	14	117
US-5464643-A	55	33	20	5	0	113

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Kellogg?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Kellogg

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (B01J)	320	254	79
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (C07C)	297	243	82
CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES (C10G)	292	223	76
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES OR A21D A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT ; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL (A23L)	218	119	55
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (C01B)	136	105	77
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (H04M)	119	119	100
SEPARATION (B01D)	94	68	72
SELECTING (H04Q)	91	91	100
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (B65D)	74	32	43
TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS; PRESERVATION THEREOF (A21D)	72	28	39

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