Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
29 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 J & J Snack Foods Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
29
20 utility, 9 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
19
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'01'02'03'05'06'07'08'09'12'15'18'20'22'23'25
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
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
15 publishedJ&J Snack Foods Corp. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedDIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 publishedNames not counted (1)
Pretzels, Inc.
Also listed as a subsidiary by HERSHEY CO. 3 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 |
|---|
| Aug 19, 2025 | 12,389,920 | Particulate frozen cream | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Dec 13, 2022 | 11,523,621 | Particulate frozen cream | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jul 12, 2022 | 11,382,339 | Preparing and storing a free flowing frozen supplementary product | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Sep 25, 2012 | 8,272,226 | System and method for making dot clumps | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Dec 16, 2008 | 7,464,564 | Method and apparatus for combining cookie dough and ice cream | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jan 8, 2008 | 7,316,122 | Tray for producing particulate food products | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Feb 28, 2006 | D515,846 | Kiosk for vending ice cream | | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Feb 28, 2006 | D515,845 | Kiosk with lettering for vending ice cream | | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jul 12, 2005 | 6,915,896 | Cleaning drain apparatus for an auger assembly | Handling | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| May 13, 2003 | 6,560,973 | Method for manufacturing a vending machine for serving extremely cold frozen product and method for distributing same | Other consumer goods | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 13, 2023 | 2023/0110051 | PARTICULATE FROZEN CREAM | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. · patent 12,389,920 granted from it |
| Nov 5, 2020 | 2020/0345026 | PARTICULATE FROZEN CREAM | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. · patent 11,523,621 granted from it |
| Aug 13, 2020 | 2020/0253234 | WHIPPED ICE CREAM MIX | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Mar 8, 2018 | 2018/0064133 | Preparing and Storing a Free Flowing Frozen Supplementary Product | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Oct 8, 2015 | 2015/0282615 | STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CART WITH LATCH | Transport | J&J Snack Foods Corp. |
| Jul 19, 2012 | 2012/0183667 | PARTICULATE FROZEN YOGURT-BASED PRODUCT | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Feb 19, 2009 | 2009/0047393 | System for combining ice cream and coatings | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jan 1, 2009 | 2009/0004340 | Method and apparatus for combining cookie dough and ice cream | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jun 12, 2008 | 2008/0138487 | Particulate frozen food product | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. |
| Jan 17, 2008 | 2008/0011009 | Method and apparatus for combining particulate and soft-serve ice cream | Food chemistry | DIPPIN' DOTS, L.L.C. · patent 7,938,061 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.