Patents imply intellectual property and it has a $ value that can be associated depending on the field and type of patent that is allocated. Patents also increase the enterprise value of the company and help prevent copy-cats from copying the idea without having royalt payments or licencing deals. We like it when companies get patents awarded!. To protect IP companies aggressively file provisional patents even before they have a working product. The below table provides a way to look at what has been done by companies and use this as a factor to make investment decisions.
| Title | Filing Date | Publication Date | Grant Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging for food | 2022-2-22 | 2022-9-14 | |
| Methods and Systems for Preparing Dough-Based Products | 2013-5-03 | 2013-11-07 | |
| Methods and apparatuses for cutting dough utilizing a shaped opening | 2011-8-23 | 2016-7-26 | 2016-7-26 |
| System for controlling mixing processes | 2003-9-24 | 2004-12-07 | 2004-12-07 |
| Method and apparatus for applying glaze or other coatings to food products | 2003-8-29 | 2005-3-03 | |
| Methods and systems for automatically extruding and cutting dough-based … | 2003-1-27 | 2004-1-08 | |
| Methods and systems for automatically extruding and cutting dough-based … | 2001-5-23 | 2002-1-03 |