What Did The Patent Landscape of Kraft Heinz Look Like?

Kraft Heinz is an American food company that was established in 2015 through the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Company. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world. The company’s products are sold in more than 190 countries around the world and it employs over 38,000 people globally.

Kraft Heinz has a total of 2807 patents globally. Out of 2807 patents, 355 patents are active.     

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Kraft Heinz

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 Kraft Heinz

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	909
		CEASED	231
		NON-PAYMENT	110
		ABANDONED	14
		REVOKED	14
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	93
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	14
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	185
		EXPIRED	169
		CEASED	126
		WITHDRAWN	126
		DISCONTINUATION	91
		NON-PAYMENT	66
		ABANDONED	61
		REJECTED	19
		REVOKED	14
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	112
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	29
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	25
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	255
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	14
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	136
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	14
		EXPIRED	14
		CEASED	14
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	14
OTHERS	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	14

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Kraft Heinz

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Kraft Heinz 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-7051036-B2	22	125	104	112	150	513
US-3873735-A	109	43	53	15	1	221
US-4327076-A	105	41	38	25	12	221
US-4238510-A	127	35	28	13	5	208
US-5092474-A	59	60	51	28	6	204
US-5009900-A	98	64	29	7	1	199
US-5519982-A	96	32	43	15	5	191
US-4317838-A	119	55	8	5	3	190
US-5124162-A	58	43	50	29	6	186
US-3921581-A	103	26	16	22	10	177

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Kraft Heinz?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Kraft Heinz

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
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)	696	342	49
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)	417	222	53
COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF (A23G)	386	195	51
DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF (A23C)	218	107	49
TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS; PRESERVATION THEREOF (A21D)	197	77	39
MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (B65B)	162	103	64
MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH (A21C)	105	66	63
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	91	30	33
EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS, COOKING OILS (A23D)	82	47	57
SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS (A23P)	78	30	38

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