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SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    34
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    112,700
About

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC has a total of 34 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 2011. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets foods and drinks, packaging and shipping and machine tools are FUCHS GMBH & CO, WANG YITIAN and WANG AIMING.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SMITHFIELD FOODS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Roberds James 14
#2 Johnson Bruce A 13
#3 Blong Robert 11
#4 Taylor Dave 11
#5 Kafer Paul 11
#6 White Anthony 11
#7 Phillips Jeffrey 11
#8 Cattin James 11
#9 Fritz Michael 11
#10 Dairo Charles O 3

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2020079659A1 Waste peptone disposal system and methods
EP3709823A1 Bacon product and method of making
US2016332316A1 Method and apparatus for spiral ham slicing
EP3217811A1 Mehtod and system for processing ready-to-eat bacon with pan fried bacon characteristics
MX2015000141A Method and system for processing ready-to-eat bacon with pan fried bacon characteristics.
CA2890228A1 Multi-tier and spiral microwave oven dryers for rapid preparation of dry sausage
CN104869849A Rapid partial drying of sausage logs
EP2520172A1 Process for rapid preparation of dry sausage