What Did The Patent Landscape of NESTLE Look Like?

Nestlé is a leading multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It was established in 1866 by Henri Nestlé and has since grown into one of the world’s largest and most recognizable consumer goods companies.

As of April 2023, Nestlé’s market capitalization was approximately $350 billion, solidifying its position as one of the largest food and beverage companies globally.

NESTLE has a total of 6050 patent Families globally. Out of 6050 patent Families, 1206 patent Families are active   

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Nestlé

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 Nestlé

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	EXPIRED	455
		LAPSED	452
		WITHDRAWN	305
		NON-PAYMENT	229
		CEASED	170
		ABANDONED	148
		REJECTED	122
		DISCONTINUATION	56
		REVOKED	32
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	516
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	170
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	427
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	32
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	1200
		NON-PAYMENT	321
		CEASED	200
		ABANDONED	38
		REVOKED	32
		DISCONTINUATION	32
		WITHDRAWN	32
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	392
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	51
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	323
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	261
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	99
		CEASED	32
		ABANDONED	32
		NON-PAYMENT	32
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	32
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	32
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	32
OTHERS	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	32

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Nestlé

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Nestlé 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-4919130-A	127	65	93	104	22	411
US-4950298-A	78	57	127	101	28	391
US-4674502-A	65	25	34	189	63	376
US-5290892-A	82	92	96	70	28	368
US-4577629-A	102	60	89	65	24	340
US-4515583-A	145	92	50	17	7	311
US-4921477-A	46	48	66	76	56	292
US-4846052-A	58	56	72	47	10	243
US-4989583-A	87	77	44	19	7	234
US-4909249-A	85	65	53	23	6	232

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Nestlé

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)	1819	714	39
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	654	181	28
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES (A47J)	598	235	39
COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF (A23G)	540	204	38
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)	527	237	45
DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF (A23C)	507	199	39
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS (A61P)	385	96	25
COFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF (A23F)	321	150	47
FEEDING-STUFFS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ANIMALS; METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF (A23K)	319	117	37
PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS (A23J)	307	149	49

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