What Did The Patent Landscape of KFC Look Like?

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a chain of fast food restaurants that specializes in fried chicken. It was founded in 1930 by Harland Sanders, who opened his first restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. The company was acquired by Yum! Brands in 1986. As of April 2023, KFC has over 24,000 restaurants in over 135 countries. The company’s market capitalization is approximately $13 billion.  

KFC has a total of 522 patent Families globally. Out of 522 patent Families, 194 patent Families are active   

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in KFC

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 KFC

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	105
		EXPIRED	95
		REJECTED	53
		WITHDRAWN	29
		ABANDONED	4
		DISCONTINUATION	2
		LAPSED	2
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	181
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	18
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	9
		CEASED	3
		NON-PAYMENT	2
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	5
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	8
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	4
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	2

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in KFC

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in KFC 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-5518127-A	17	17	13	15	1	63
US-4084492-A	29	9	10	6	4	58
US-7293695-B2	0	9	12	13	10	44
US-8193470-B1	0	0	9	20	8	37
US-4208291-A	6	12	1	2	2	23
US-8770431-B1	0	0	4	10	9	23
US-5185172-A	8	6	4	1	1	20
JP-2010144360-A	0	0	8	9	3	20
JP-2005179891-A	0	2	11	5	1	19
JP-H10205289-A	15	1	0	2	0	18

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In KFC

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
SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS (E21D)	257	4	2
SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS (E04G)	85	1	1
FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES (E02D)	77	0	0
GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (E04B)	55	0	0
DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (F16B)	39	0	0
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (B29C)	13	1	8
BRIDGES (E01D)	13	0	0
ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE (E01F)	13	0	0
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS (E21B)	13	0	0
LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM (B32B)	12	1	8

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