Service Corporation International (SCI)
NYSE: SCI · Services-Personal Services · Houston, TX · 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, 202618 patents granted to the 5 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 Service Corporation International’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
18
17 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
18
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
5
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.
Under which name5 counted
Making Everlasting Memories, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 published
Making Everlasting Memories LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
SCI Direct, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
SCI DIRECT, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (2)
Green Service Corporation
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
International
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2018 | 9,959,017 | Method for automatically creating book definitions | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Dec 1, 2015 | 9,200,469 | System and method for locating an unmarked burial site | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 8,993,026 | Infrared portable broiler | Furniture, games | SCI Direct, LLC |
| Mar 24, 2015 | D724,890 | Infrared portable broiler | SCI Direct, LLC | |
| Oct 7, 2014 | 8,856,659 | Method for automatically creating book definitions | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Jan 21, 2014 | 8,633,995 | Image capture and distribution system and method | Telecommunications | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Oct 8, 2013 | 8,555,174 | System and method for submitting and receiving images | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Aug 27, 2013 | 8,522,155 | System and method for a multimedia timeline | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Jul 31, 2012 | 8,234,251 | System and method for archiving records | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Apr 17, 2012 | 8,159,546 | Image capture and distribution system and method | Telecommunications | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2017 | 2017/0293603 | System and Method for Publishing Information and Content | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories LLC |
| Nov 12, 2015 | 2015/0324843 | System and Method for Capturing, Processing, and Presenting Information | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories LLC |
| Jun 18, 2015 | 2015/0164275 | Electrical Portable Broiler | Furniture, games | SCI DIRECT, LLC · patent 9,314,134 granted from it |
| Jan 22, 2015 | 2015/0026631 | Method for Automatically Creating Book Definitions | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories LLC · patent 9,959,017 granted from it |
| Nov 6, 2014 | 2014/0328990 | INFRARED PORTABLE BROILER | Furniture, games | SCI Direct, LLC · patent 8,993,026 granted from it |
| Oct 30, 2014 | 2014/0320932 | System and Method for Extracting a Plurality of Images from a Single Scan | Telecommunications | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Nov 1, 2012 | 2012/0278436 | METHODS OF PROVIDING A REGISTRY SERVICE AND A REGISTRY SERVICE | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Aug 16, 2012 | 2012/0206342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING AND PRESENTING LIFE STORIES | IT methods for management | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Jul 5, 2012 | 2012/0173971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUBLISHING INFORMATION AND CONTENT | Computer technology | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC |
| Jul 5, 2012 | 2012/0170870 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Telecommunications | Making Everlasting Memories, LLC · patent 8,633,995 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.