Universal Corporation (UVV)
NYSE: UVV · Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials · Richmond, VA · 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, 202616 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 Universal Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
16
16 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
9
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
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 name2 counted
UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
HTL-DHT B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL
1 published
Names not counted (2)
Universal Development Company Ltd.
Most of its patents print NZ; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2019 | 10,342,250 | System and method for curing tobacco | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Oct 11, 2016 | 9,462,754 | Tobacco production system | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Jul 27, 2010 | 7,762,265 | Apparatus for controlling distribution of tobacco strip | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Jun 10, 2008 | 7,383,840 | Apparatus for scanning and sorting tobacco leaves | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Mar 28, 2006 | 7,018,096 | Packed product temperature measuring device | Measurement | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Oct 22, 2002 | 6,467,488 | Method for cutting the tie-leaf on bundled leaf tobacco | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Sep 10, 2002 | 6,446,633 | Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Jan 1, 2002 | 6,334,447 | Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Oct 23, 2001 | 6,305,552 | Apparatus for removing matter from tobacco stems | Chemical engineering | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Dec 19, 1995 | 5,476,109 | Apparatus for separating threshed leaf tobacco | Chemical engineering | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2024 | 2024/0389632 | METHOD FOR FORMING A CAST SHEET MATERIAL | Other consumer goods | HTL-DHT B.V. |
| Jun 21, 2018 | 2018/0168218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CURING TOBACCO | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 10,342,250 granted from it |
| Dec 29, 2016 | 2016/0377297 | BIOMASS FUEL STOVE | Thermal processes and apparatus | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. |
| Feb 28, 2013 | 2013/0048000 | TOBACCO PRODUCTION SYSTEM | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 9,462,754 granted from it |
| Sep 14, 2006 | 2006/0201526 | Apparatus for controlling distribution of tobacco strip and method of controlling distribution of tobacco strip | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 7,762,265 granted from it |
| Sep 15, 2005 | 2005/0199252 | Apparatus and method for scanning and sorting tobacco leaves | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 7,383,840 granted from it |
| Oct 28, 2004 | 2004/0213323 | Packed product temperature measuring device | Measurement | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 7,018,096 granted from it |
| Sep 19, 2002 | 2002/0129825 | Method for cutting the tie-leaf on bundled leaf tobacco | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 6,467,488 granted from it |
| Feb 7, 2002 | 2002/0014244 | Tobacco bale slicing apparatus and method | Other consumer goods | UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. · patent 6,446,633 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 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.