Coca-Cola Company (KO)
NYSE: KO · Beverages · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20261,636 patents granted to the 7 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 Coca-Cola Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
1,636
1,146 utility, 485 design, 5 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
40
Against 29 in 2024 and 41 in 2023
Applications published
819
21 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
7
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Handling49
Food chemistry37
IT methods for management17
Control15
Other special machines8
Computer technology7
Chemical engineering7
Organic fine chemistry5
Other consumer goods3
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers3
Machine tools2
Furniture, games2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name7 counted
The Coca-Cola Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
454 published
The Coca-Cola Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
328 published
fairlife, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 published
fairlife, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
23 published
Costa Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
JP, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (6)
Atlantic Industries
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in KY. 3 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Costa Limited
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Atlantic Industries
Most of its patents print CA; this name counts in KY. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Costa Limited
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in GB. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
The Inmex Corporation
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
The Inmex Corporation
Most of its patents print DE; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,495,818 | Dihydrochalcones from Balanophora harlandii | Food chemistry | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Nov 25, 2025 | D1,102,792 | Modular rack | The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,481,966 | Systems and methods for associating vessels with user accounts | IT methods for management | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,479,877 | Methods for purifying steviol glycosides and uses of the same | Chemical engineering | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,101,808 | Display screen with an animated graphical user interface | The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,101,807 | Display screen with a graphical user interface | The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,101,571 | Bottle | The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | D1,101,569 | Bottle | The Coca-Cola Company | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,465,065 | Method of preparing beverages with enhanced sweetness with cyclamate | Food chemistry | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,668 | Bottle | The Coca-Cola Company |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 20 · Handling 11 · Chemical engineering 4 · Biotechnology 3 · IT methods for management 3 · Medical technology 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.