Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM)
NYSE: YUM · Retail-Eating Places · Louisville, KY · filing with the SEC since 1997
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026125 patents granted to the 14 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 Yum! Brands, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
125
84 utility, 40 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
12
Against 5 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
54
5 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
14
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.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Handling4
Furniture, games2
IT methods for management2
Digital communication2
Other special machines2
Computer technology1
Audio-visual technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name14 counted
Pizza Hut, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 published
KFC Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
2 published
Taco Bell Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
5 published
Yum Connect, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
Yum Connect, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
13 published
IPDEV CO. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 published
TACO BELL CORP. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
7 published
IPDEV Co. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS LTD. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Taco Bell IP Holder, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IL
1 published
PH Digital Ventures UK Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
1 published
Pizza Hut Connect, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Pizza Hut, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
Names not counted (1)
National Systems, LLC
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2025 | D1,096,389 | Tempering bin with lid | Yum Connect, LLC | |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,426,708 | Storage system | Furniture, games | Yum Connect, LLC |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,425,542 | Collaborative user interface and systems and methods for providing same | Audio-visual technology | Yum Connect, LLC |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 12,415,716 | Automated beverage dispenser system and method | Handling | Yum Connect, LLC |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 12,409,962 | Film securing apparatus and method | Other special machines | Yum Connect, LLC |
| Aug 5, 2025 | D1,086,892 | Pizza container base | Pizza Hut, LLC | |
| Jul 29, 2025 | D1,085,898 | Compartmented food package | KFC Corporation | |
| Jul 29, 2025 | D1,085,897 | Compartmented food package | KFC Corporation | |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,338,022 | Automated beverage dispenser system and method | Handling | Yum Connect, LLC |
| Jun 10, 2025 | D1,078,983 | Venting system | Yum Connect, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Handling 5 · Furniture, games 2 · Other special machines 2 · IT methods for management 1 · Machine tools 1 · Audio-visual technology 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.