Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT)
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202616 patents granted to the name 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 Krispy Kreme, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
1 published
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2018 | 10,092,012 | Methods and systems for preparing dough-based products | Other special machines | HDN Development Corporation |
| Jul 26, 2016 | 9,398,772 | Methods and apparatuses for cutting dough utilizing a shaped opening | Other special machines | HDN Development Corporation |
| Jun 9, 2015 | D731,141 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| Dec 17, 2013 | D695,488 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| May 11, 2010 | D615,276 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| May 4, 2010 | D614,829 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| May 4, 2010 | D614,828 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| Apr 6, 2010 | D613,027 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| Feb 24, 2009 | D586,978 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation | |
| Feb 17, 2009 | D586,528 | Doughnut | HDN Development Corporation |
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2013 | 2013/0295255 | Methods and Systems for Preparing Dough-Based Products | Other special machines | HDN Development Corporation · patent 10,092,012 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.