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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (BBW)

NYSE: BBW · Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops · St Louis, MO · filing with the SEC since 2004
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

39 patents granted to the 3 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 Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
39
36 design, 3 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
6
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'10'13'14'15'16'17
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name3 counted
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
26 granted
4 published
Build-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
2 published
Build-A-Bear Workshop, L.L.C. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 31, 2017D801,399Stuffing machineBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Oct 31, 2017D801,398Stuffing machineBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Jan 12, 20169,235,949Point-of-sale integrated storage devices, systems for programming integrated storage devices, and methods for providing custom sounds to toysFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Jul 7, 20159,072,973Interactive play stationFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Aug 8, 20067,086,923Transformable toy furniture and room systemFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Feb 21, 2006D515,415Wrap boxBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Nov 29, 2005D511,905Doll store fixtureBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Jun 14, 2005D506,232Doll with an open mouthBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Nov 16, 2004D498,417Doll carrying caseBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Sep 14, 2004D496,081Doll with an open mouthBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 23, 20142014/0314327Systems and Methods for Computer Recognition of Plush ToysFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Mar 6, 20142014/0061295INTERACTIVE TOY DRESSING SYSTEMFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Dec 5, 20132013/0318784INTERACTIVE TOY ASSEMBLY WORKSHOP AND METHOD FOR CREATING A TOY WITH A DIGITAL PROFILEFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Feb 25, 20102010/0048088STUFFED ANIMAL WITH REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE TAILFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Apr 12, 20072007/0079528COMBINATION PLUSH SLIPPER WITH INTEGRAL DRESSABLE CHARACTEROther consumer goodsBuild-A-Bear Retail Management, Inc.
Sep 22, 20052005/0208866TRANSFORMABLE TOY FURNITURE AND ROOM SYSTEMFurniture, gamesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. · patent 7,086,923 granted from it

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.

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