Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
142 patents granted to the 16 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 Tyson Foods, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
142
129 utility, 12 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 10 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
107
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
16
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Food chemistry10
Handling9
Other special machines8
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers1
IT methods for management1
Machine tools1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
Tyson Foods, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
27 publishedThe Hillshire Brands Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
37 publishedTyson Foods, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
22 publishedTYSON FRESH MEATS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 publishedBryan Foods, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedThe Hillshire Brands Company a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 publishedSouthwest Products, Ltd. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedADVANCEPIERRE FOODS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedSara Lee TM Holdings, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedKeystone Foods Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBarber Foods a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedFoodbrands America, Incorporated a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedIBP Foods, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedMadison Foods, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedSaramar Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedTYSON FOODS ITALIA SPA a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | 12,324,439 | Production of precooked formed meat patties | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| May 27, 2025 | 12,312,121 | System and method for framed lid | Handling | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| May 20, 2025 | 12,302,915 | Packaging with pressure driven oxygen egress | Handling | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 12,245,619 | Continuous mini corndog production process | Food chemistry | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12,193,450 | Method and apparatus for conveying a meat product and using a knife for automated cutting of meat | Handling | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 12,082,592 | Methods of producing ready-to-eat breakaway meat portions | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 12,063,950 | Multi-layer extruded food product | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 12,059,020 | Method and apparatus for induction heated extrusion horn with conveyor | Other special machines | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 12,055,445 | Method and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement of a food item | Measurement | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 12,041,944 | System and method for producing formed meat patties | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0397962 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING READY-TO-EAT BREAKAWAY MEAT PORTIONS | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 2024/0334956 | Systems and Methods for Food Product Extrusion | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Aug 15, 2024 | 2024/0268420 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-pH TREATMENT OF FOODSTUFFS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES | Food chemistry | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 2024/0196487 | PACKAGE FOR FOOD PRODUCT | Handling | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 2024/0085120 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR EXTRUDING A VISCOUS FOOD PRODUCT | Thermal processes and apparatus | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| May 11, 2023 | 2023/0147774 | PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY FORMING A RAW EGG PRODUCT | Food chemistry | Tyson Foods, Inc. |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 2023/0069086 | FOOD PRODUCT PACKAGING WITH PURGE TRAP | Handling | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Jan 12, 2023 | 2023/0008894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOOD PRODUCT EXTRUSION | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company |
| Nov 17, 2022 | 2022/0361516 | METHODS OF PRODUCING READY-TO-EAT BREAKAWAY MEAT PORTIONS | Food chemistry | The Hillshire Brands Company · patent 12,082,592 granted from it |
| Oct 20, 2022 | 2022/0332491 | MOISTURE DEGRADED PACKAGING SEAL | Handling | The Hillshire Brands Company |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 3 · Thermal processes and apparatus 1 · 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.