Company Analysis

Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA/NV (BUD)

NYSE: BUD · Malt Beverages · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.4● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.6
2 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

102 patents granted to the 2 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 Anheuser-Busch INBEV SA/NV’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
102
89 utility, 13 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
11
Against 8 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
162
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Handling20
Food chemistry4
Other special machines4
Textile and paper machines3
Materials, metallurgy1
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE. 6 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in SE)
0 granted
134 published
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A. its own name
BE, as the owner printed on each patent. 9 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in DE)
102 granted
28 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 4, 202512,459,759Packaging system for assembling a packageHandlingANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Aug 12, 2025D1,087,692Tap for beer dispenserANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Jul 29, 202512,369,602Process for recovering protein and fibre compositions from brewers' spent grainFood chemistryANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Jun 24, 202512,338,115Beverage dispensing assembly comprising an ingredient container receiving means and a gas pressure regulator and method of dispensing a beverage with such assemblyHandlingANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Jun 24, 202512,338,083System for handling individual primary packaging containersHandlingANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Jun 3, 202512,319,610Glass container having an inkjet printed image and a method for the manufacturing thereofTextile and paper machinesANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Apr 29, 202512,286,318Denesting apparatusHandlingANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Apr 8, 202512,269,629Packaging apparatus for secondary packagesHandlingANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Feb 25, 202512,233,589Integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container having a bag anchoring point, process for the production thereof, and tool thereofOther special machinesANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Jan 7, 2025D1,056,724Drink canANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 13, 20252025/0344720PROTEIN POWDERFood chemistryAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Mar 27, 20252025/0100740BEVERAGE CANHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Feb 13, 20252025/0051699METHODS OF PREVENTING INHIBITION OF FLAVOUR PRODUCTION IN YEASTBiotechnologyAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Aug 1, 20242024/0253964CONNECTOR FOR SUSPENDING A BEVERAGE KEG AND DISPENSING A BEVERAGE THEREFROMHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
May 9, 20242024/0150688Low Alcohol or Alcohol Free Fermented Malt Based Beverage and Method for Producing ItFood chemistryANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
Mar 21, 20242024/0092587An article picking and placing systemHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Feb 22, 20242024/0059500PRODUCT HANDLING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODSHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Dec 21, 20232023/0405958A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A PACKAGINGTextile and paper machinesAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
Dec 7, 20232023/0391563A SYSTEM FOR HANDLING INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY PACKAGING CONTAINERSHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A. · patent 12,338,083 granted from it
Nov 30, 20232023/0382661A SYSTEM FOR TREATING AND PROCESSING A PRIMARY PACKAGING CONTAINERHandlingAnheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Handling 4 · Food chemistry 2 · Biotechnology 1.

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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