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The Hershey Company (HSY)

NYSE: HSY · Sugar & Confectionery Products · Hershey, PA · 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

117 patents granted to the 3 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 Hershey Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
117
82 utility, 35 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
7
Against 5 in 2024 and 11 in 2023
Applications published
93
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a former 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
Food chemistry11
Handling6
IT methods for management2
Computer technology2
Transport1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
THE HERSHEY COMPANY its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
81 granted
40 published
THE HERSHEY COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
47 published
Hershey Foods Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
36 granted
6 published
Names not counted (1)
Pretzel's, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by J&J SNACK FOODS CORP. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 16, 202512,499,287Product display design and manufacturing using a product display design modelComputer technologyTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Nov 11, 202512,468,994Optimal merchandise selection and merchandising design display methods and systemsIT methods for managementTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Nov 4, 2025D1,101,347PalletTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Oct 28, 2025D1,100,408PalletTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Aug 19, 2025D1,088,398ConfectionTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Aug 19, 2025D1,088,397ConfectionTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Jun 24, 202512,338,050Scored candy bar wrapper and method of opening sameFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Jul 23, 202412,043,444Hygienic pallet and methods of use and manufactureHandlingTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Apr 2, 202411,945,361Load stabilizer for stabilizing loads transported by a ground vehicleTransportTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Jan 23, 2024D1,012,416PalletTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 19, 20242024/0306657REDUCED SUGAR WHITE CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAMEFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
May 2, 20242024/0138422SHELF-STABLE FRIED CONFECTIONERY FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAMEFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Apr 18, 20242024/0122203REDUCED SUGAR MILK CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAMEFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Feb 1, 20242024/0034509LOAD RESISTANT PRODUCT DISPLAY CONTAINER FOR STORAGE, TRANSPORT, AND MERCHANDISINGHandlingTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Dec 21, 20232023/0404117Popcorn-Based Food ProductFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Dec 21, 20232023/0404104METHODS FOR CONVEYING CONFECTION MOLDSFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Dec 7, 20232023/0391500HYGIENIC PALLET AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTUREHandlingTHE HERSHEY COMPANY · patent 12,043,444 granted from it
Nov 9, 20232023/0359966OPTIMAL MERCHANDISE SELECTION AND MERCHANDISING DESIGN DISPLAY METHODS AND SYSTEMSIT methods for managementTHE HERSHEY COMPANY · patent 12,468,994 granted from it
Nov 9, 20232023/0354844PLANT-BASED CHOCOLATEFood chemistryTHE HERSHEY COMPANY
Jul 13, 20232023/0222254PRODUCT DISPLAY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING USING A PRODUCT DISPLAY DESIGN MODELComputer technologyTHE HERSHEY COMPANY · patent 12,499,287 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 3 · 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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