Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
5 patents granted to the 2 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 Unilever plc’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
5
5 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
26
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'97'01'03'07'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name2 counted
UNILEVER PLC its own name
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
20 publishedUNILEVER PLC its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in NL, printed in US)
6 publishedNames not counted (3)
Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in GB. 340 granted and 15 published under it are not counted.
UNILEVER PLC
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in GB. 5 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
UNILEVER IP HOLDINGS B.V.
Most of its patents print NL; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 8 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Mar 7, 2017 | 9,586,901 | Lactams | Organic fine chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Oct 14, 2003 | 6,632,646 | Modified subtilisins and detergent compositions containing same | Basic materials chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Mar 6, 2001 | 6,197,567 | Modified subtilisins and detergent compositions containing same | Basic materials chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Sep 9, 1997 | 5,665,587 | Modified subtilisins and detergent compositions containing same | Basic materials chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| May 20, 1997 | 5,631,217 | Detergent compositions comprising a modified subtilisin | Biotechnology | UNILEVER PLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 6, 2017 | 2017/0096391 | NOVEL LACTAMS | Organic fine chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Mar 3, 2016 | 2016/0058027 | POWDERED COMPOSITION FOR USE IN AN INSTANT MILK TEA POWDER | Food chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Dec 10, 2015 | 2015/0352030 | COMPOSITION | Organic fine chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Oct 15, 2015 | 2015/0289545 | FOOD CONCENTRATE IN THE FORM OF A GEL | Food chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Oct 1, 2015 | 2015/0272162 | FREEZER AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION | Food chemistry | UNILEVER PLC · patent 9,629,380 granted from it |
| Aug 20, 2015 | 2015/0230488 | EDIBLE WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUCH EMULSIONS | Food chemistry | UNILEVER PLC · patent 10,750,759 granted from it |
| Mar 13, 2014 | 2014/0073552 | Subtilase Vairants | Basic materials chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Dec 26, 2013 | 2013/0345358 | USE OF BRANCHED ADDITION COPOLYMERS IN CURING SYSTEMS | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | UNILEVER PLC |
| Sep 20, 2012 | 2012/0237468 | CONDITIONING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AMIDOAMINE AND LACTIC ACID | Organic fine chemistry | UNILEVER PLC |
| Jul 12, 2012 | 2012/0178835 | USE OF BRANCHED ADDITION COPLYMERS IN FILMS AND MEMBRANES | Macromolecular chemistry, polymers | UNILEVER PLC |
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.