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Papa John's International, Inc. (PZZA)

Nasdaq: PZZA · Retail-Eating Places · Louisville, KY · filing with the SEC since 1995
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

13 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 Papa John's International, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
13
9 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
2
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name3 counted
Papa John's International, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
2 published
The Colonel's, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Papa John's USA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 26, 2014D712,107Sauce leveler devicePapa John's International, Inc.
Apr 22, 20148,702,140Dough ball lifterOther special machinesPapa John's USA, Inc.
Mar 6, 2012D655,471Sauce leveler devicePapa John's International, Inc.
Jan 31, 20128,104,808Dough ball lifterOther special machinesPapa John's International, Inc.
Oct 4, 2005D510,264Pizza boxPapa John's International, Inc.
Jun 28, 2005D506,671Pizza boxPapa John's International, Inc.
Feb 8, 20056,851,603Pizza boxHandlingPapa John's International, Inc.
Feb 18, 20036,521,154Method of making skid-resistant bed linerOther special machinesThe Colonel's, Inc.
Aug 1, 20006,095,787Method of making a skid-resistant bed linerOther special machinesThe Colonel's, Inc.
Jun 20, 20006,076,879Bed liner with graphics displayTransportThe Colonel's, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 21, 20242024/0383652FOOD CONTAINER WITH LOCKABLE INTEGRATED LIDHandlingPapa John's International, Inc.
Aug 18, 20222022/0256868METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOPPINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A BAKED FOOD ITEMFood chemistryPapa John's International, Inc.
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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