Company Analysis

Del Monte Corporation (DMC)

NYSE: DMC · Agricultural Production-Crops · Coral Gables, FL · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.4▶ Future 5.8

Patents

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

58 patents granted to the 5 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 Del Monte Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
58
45 utility, 7 design, 5 plant, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
30
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'94'96'03'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name5 counted
Del Monte Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
51 granted
22 published
DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
4 published
Del Monte International GmbH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in MC)
3 granted
2 published
Del Monte Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 19, 2025PP36,892Pineapple plant named ‘FR3593W’Del Monte International GmbH
Jul 1, 2025PP36,777Pineapple plant named ‘FR28203’Del Monte International GmbH
Mar 5, 2024PP35,670Pineapple plant named ‘FR11834’Del Monte International GmbH
Aug 4, 2015PP25,763Pineapple plant named ‘Rosé’DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE
May 5, 2015D728,192Pet treat in the shape of a cat's headDel Monte Corporation
Mar 25, 20148,679,560Apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food productsMachine toolsDel Monte Corporation
Mar 11, 20148,668,948Apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food productsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Feb 18, 2014D699,416Pet treatDel Monte Corporation
Feb 4, 20148,640,546Sensor for high pressure processing of articlesFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Nov 5, 20138,574,653Intermittent flow extrusion process and food productFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 10, 20242024/0336393AIR STACKING PRODUCE CONTAINERHandlingDel Monte International GmbH
Apr 11, 20242024/0122084PINEAPPLE PLANT NAMED 'FR4139'Del Monte International GmbH
Aug 6, 20152015/0216204Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Food ProductsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Jan 15, 20152015/0017315Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Food ProductsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Aug 7, 20142014/0216162Sensor for High Pressure Processing of ArticlesFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation · patent 9,021,884 granted from it
Jul 17, 20142014/0199456Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Food ProductsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation
Jul 17, 20142014/0199428Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Food ProductsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation · patent 9,155,324 granted from it
Dec 5, 20132013/0326768Pineapple plant named Rosé (EF2-114)DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE · patent PP25,763 granted from it
Nov 14, 20132013/0302489Airflow for banana cooling and ripeningHandlingDEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE
Nov 7, 20132013/0295270Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Manufacturing Food ProductsFood chemistryDel Monte Corporation · patent 8,668,948 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Handling 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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