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Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

NYSE: PM · Cigarettes · Stamford, CT · filing with the SEC since 2007
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,486 patents granted to the 15 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 Philip Morris International Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,486
1,256 utility, 230 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
233
Against 243 in 2024 and 128 in 2023
Applications published
2,133
221 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
15
a subsidiary
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
Other consumer goods593
Medical technology55
Pharmaceuticals39
Handling38
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy38
Biotechnology11
Surface technology, coating7
Other special machines6
Chemical engineering5
Measurement5
Textile and paper machines4
Computer technology3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name15 counted
Philip Morris Products S.A. a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
1,296 granted
1,267 published
Philip Morris Products S.A. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH. 4 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN, printed in US)
0 granted
684 published
Fertin Pharma A/S a subsidiary
DK, as the owner printed on each patent
57 granted
54 published
SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
71 granted
15 published
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
40 granted
19 published
Swedish Match North Europe AB a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SE
0 granted
48 published
Fertin Pharma A/S a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DK
0 granted
34 published
Swedish Match Lighters B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
3 published
NCP NextGen A/S a subsidiary
DK, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
NCP NextGen A/S a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DK
0 granted
5 published
Aspeya US Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
The Pinkerton Tobacco Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Fertin Pharma a subsidiary
DK, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
2 published
Profigen, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
NYZ AB a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (3)
PHILIP MORRIS GMBH
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AU, DE, GB, IL, NG. 760 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CH. 31 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
SWEDMAT CORP.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 2025D1,107,550Cap for aerosol generating devicePhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 30, 202512,509,274Container having box and sleeve with locking mechanismHandlingPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 30, 202512,508,227Dry powder compositions with magnesium stearateMedical technologyAspeya US Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,507,732Infrared heated aerosol-generating elementOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 30, 202512,507,731Aerosol-generating device with pyrocatalytic materialOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 30, 202512,507,730Replaceable module for an aerosol and flavor generating deviceOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 23, 202512,501,944E-cigarette personal vaporizerOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 23, 202512,501,943E-cigarette personal vaporizerOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 23, 202512,501,937Aerosol-generating device with means for detecting at least one of the insertion or the extraction of an aerosol-generating article into or from the deviceOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 23, 202512,501,933Aerosol-generating article comprising a hollow tubular support elementOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0386861CARTRIDGE WITH AIRFLOW MANAGEMENT ELEMENT AND SEALING ELEMENTOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0386857DETECTING SEGMENTS FOR AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLES WITH TWO CONSECUTIVE SENSORSOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 25, 20252025/0386856APPLYING AN ADDITIVE FROM WITHIN DURING SHAPING OF A SHEET INTO A RODOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 18, 20252025/0381697METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTINUOUS BLADEMachine toolsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 11, 20252025/0376346SPLICING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPLICING SHEETS OF MATERIALHandlingPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 4, 20252025/0366530AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE PROVIDING GESTURE INITIATION OF A STATUS QUERYOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 4, 20252025/0366526ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SMOKING DEVICE INCLUDING A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING SMOKING ARTICLES IN THE DEVICEOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Dec 4, 20252025/0366507AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING AN AEROSOL-COOLING ELEMENTOther special machinesPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Nov 27, 20252025/0359584NOVEL AEROSOL-GENERATING SUBSTRATE COMPRISING ILLICIUM SPECIESOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
Nov 27, 20252025/0359583NOVEL AEROSOL-GENERATING SUBSTRATE COMPRISING ILLICIUM SPECIESOther consumer goodsPhilip Morris Products S.A.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 378 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 33 · Pharmaceuticals 27 · Medical technology 24 · Handling 13 · Biotechnology 4.

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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