The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL)
NYSE: EL · Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1996
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026663 patents granted to the 24 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 The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
663
432 utility, 231 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
32
Against 30 in 2024 and 15 in 2023
Applications published
308
36 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
24
a subsidiary, its own name
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
Other consumer goods26
Organic fine chemistry25
Handling7
Chemical engineering3
Medical technology2
Textile and paper machines2
Computer technology1
Other special machines1
Basic materials chemistry1
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name24 counted
ELC MANAGEMENT LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
24 published
ELC Management LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in FR)
268 published
Color Access, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
ESTEE LAUDER INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Aveda Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Applied Genetics Incorporated Dermatics a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
Aramis Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
HAVE & BE Co., LTD. a subsidiary
KR, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Beauty Bank Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Bobbi Brown Professional Cosmetics, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
RODIN, LTD a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ESTEE LAUDER INTERNATIONAL, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 published
Estee Lauder Coordination Center N.V. a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Glamglow, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Sassaby, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Alton Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Clinique Laboratories Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
DECIEM BEAUTY GROUP INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
1 published
DECIEM BEAUTY GROUP INC. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
ESTEE LAUDER INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Estee Lauder International, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
GLAMGLOW Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Origins Natural Resources Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (6)
ELCO S.A.S.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in FR. 37 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Make-Up Art Cosmetics Pty. Limited
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in AU, DE, NZ, TH, US. 6 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
By Kilian LLC
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in US. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Aveda Limited
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in GB, US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
ELCO S.A.S.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in FR. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
ELKO Inc.
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | D1,108,025 | Cosmetic compact | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,008 | Interactive AI-generated beauty tutorial system | Control | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | D1,107,319 | Cosmetic compact | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,496,371 | Diffuser system | Medical technology | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,102,035 | Cosmetic compact | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,102,019 | Cosmetic applicator | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,465,561 | Self-tanning compositions | Organic fine chemistry | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,101,256 | Cosmetic applicator | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | D1,100,355 | Lipstick case | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC | |
| Oct 14, 2025 | D1,098,599 | Stack of cosmetic compacts | ELC MANAGEMENT LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 15 · Organic fine chemistry 13 · Computer technology 10 · Medical technology 5 · Handling 2 · IT methods for management 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.