Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
NYSE: ADM · Fats & Oils · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026459 patents granted to the 18 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Archer Daniels Midland Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
459
453 utility, 6 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 13 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
465
17 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
18
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Chemical engineering10
Organic fine chemistry10
Food chemistry7
Biotechnology7
Basic materials chemistry4
Pharmaceuticals2
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name18 counted
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
287 published
Archer Daniels Midland Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
130 published
Wild Flavors, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 published
BIOPOLIS, S.L. a subsidiary
ES, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
BIOPOLIS, S.L. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in ES
8 published
ADM Edible Bean Specialties, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
ADM Edible Bean Specialties, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
5 published
WILD Flavors, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
5 published
ADM Agri-Industries, Ltd. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 published
ADM WILD EUROPE GMBH & CO. KG a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
4 published
NATIONAL ENZYME COMPANY, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
DEERLAND PROBIOTICS & ENZYMES, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DK)
3 published
Florida Chemical Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
NEOVIA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
2 published
TOTALLY NATURAL SOLUTIONS LTD. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ADM INTERNATIONAL SARL a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
1 published
ADM WILD EUROPE GMBH & CO. KG a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Golden Peanut Company, a Georgia General Partnership a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (2)
Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, Inc.
Every patent under it that falls to this company prints another country (DK). 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Rodelle Inc.
Most of its patents print BE; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 11 · Biotechnology 5 · Organic fine chemistry 3 · Chemical engineering 2 · Pharmaceuticals 2 · Basic materials chemistry 2.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.