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Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL)

NYSE: HRL · Meat Packing Plants · Austin, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

84 patents granted to the 4 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 Hormel Foods Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
84
75 utility, 9 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
28
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name4 counted
Hormel Foods Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
83 granted
23 published
Jennie-O Turkey Store, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
2 published
Columbus Manufacturing, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 29, 202010,874,113Method of producing bacteria reduced raw, fresh, ground meat productsFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Jul 2, 201910,335,385Composition containing non-polar compoundsPharmaceuticalsHormel Foods Corporation
May 29, 20189,980,498Hybrid bacon cooking systemFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Oct 3, 20179,775,369Fire braising process for meatFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Jul 25, 20179,713,337Use of high pressure processing to improve muscle quality by inhibiting post mortem glycolysisFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Jun 27, 20179,687,006Loin back-rib auto-sawOther special machinesHormel Foods Corporation
Feb 16, 20169,259,139Sanitary foot sprayer for dry powder plantsFurniture, gamesHormel Foods Corporation
Sep 1, 2015D737,681Package trayHormel Foods Corporation
Mar 3, 20158,968,808Pork belly processing for pre-cooked baconFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Dec 30, 20148,919,729Adjustable thermal forming die assemblyOther special machinesHormel Foods Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 1, 20252025/0134112OVEN READY TRAYHandlingHORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Dec 30, 20212021/0403222MICROWAVEABLE PACKAGED FOOD PRODUCTHandlingHormel Foods Corporation
Sep 27, 20182018/0271109HYBRID BACON COOKING SYSTEMFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Apr 7, 20162016/0096672GAS FLUSH HIGH PRESSURE PASTEURIZATION PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODSHandlingColumbus Manufacturing, Inc.
Dec 3, 20152015/0342239METHOD FOR SMOKING MEATFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Sep 18, 20142014/0272058Fire Braising Process for MeatFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation · patent 9,775,369 granted from it
Jul 3, 20142014/0186501Method for Coating a Food Product with a Water Soluble FlavoringFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
May 1, 20142014/0116468SANITARY FOOT SPRAYER FOR DRY POWDER PLANTSFurniture, gamesHormel Foods Corporation · patent 9,259,139 granted from it
Apr 24, 20142014/0113029EXTENDED SHELF LIFE SANDWICH AND METHOD OF MAKING SAID SANDWICHFood chemistryHormel Foods Corporation
Nov 14, 20132013/0299366GAS FLUSH HIGH PRESSURE PASTEURIZATION PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODSHandlingColumbus Manufacturing, Inc. · patent 9,211,992 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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