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Patents

Yum! Brands, Inc. – Virtual Patent Marking

Yum! Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries – which currently include KFC, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut Connect and Taco Bell (the “Brands”) – owns and maintains an ever-expanding line of products and technology. The list found below includes patents and pending patent applications issued to our Brands for various great-tasting products, packaging innovations, tools used to make products, and new restaurant technologies.

The following products are protected by patent in the United States of America and in other jurisdictions of the world as noted below. This website is provided to satisfy the virtual patent marking provisions under 35 U.S.C. Section 287(a) and the America Invents Act (“AIA”) as well as for other various jurisdictions of the world.

The following list of products may not be all-encompassing. Yum! Brands, Inc. reserves the right to update the information displayed in this web address regarding its varied intellectual property and associated patents and pending patent applications. Yum! Brands, Inc. encourages interested individuals and entities to review this web address on a regular basis in light of such updates.

(NOTE: The patents owned by the Brands listed below are for notice and informational purposes only.)

PATENTS BY BRAND:

Pizza Hut, LLC:

  • United States Patent Application No. 29/708,050 – Pizza Container Cover
  • United States Patent Application No. 29/708,052 – Pizza Container Base
  • United States Patent No. 7,923,048 – Segmented Pizza Crust System (Cheesy Bites)
  • United States Patent No. 7,914,836 – Pizza with Segmented Crust (Cheesy Bites)
  • United States Patent No. D548,426 – Pizza Crust (Cheesy Bites)
  • Mexico Patent No. 288278 – Pizza with Segmented Crust (Cheesy Bites)
  • United States Patent No. D536,578 – Seasoning Shaker
  • United States Patent No. D681,452 – Pizza Box
  • United States Patent No. D691,000 – Tool for Preparing Pizzas
  • United States Patent No. D747,192 – Pizza Box
  • United States Patent No. D767,989 – Pizza Box

Pizza Hut Connect, LLC:

  • United States Patent Application No. [to be filed] – System and Method for Governing Execution of a Geography Dependent Computer Process

IPDEV, Co.:

  • United States Patent No. 5,991,739 – Internet Online Order Method and Apparatus
  • United States Patent No. 7,613,636 – Rapid Entry System for the Place of Orders via the Internet
  • United States Patent No. 7,603,287 – Point of Purchase Display Accessory
  • United States Patent No. 6,801,228 – Method and User Interface for Specifying Toppings and their Placement on a Pizza
  • United States Patent No. 7,197,478 – Rapid Entry System for the Placement of Orders via the Internet
  • United States Patent No. 7,945,479 – Ordering System and Method for Pizza and Other Goods and Services Using a Stateless Communication Protocol
  • United States Patent No. 7,287,002 – System for Placing Product Delivery Orders through the Internet
  • United States Patent No. 8,971,503 – Method of Operating an Ordering Call Center using Voice Recognition Technology
  • United States Patent No. 9,942,404 – Method of Operating an Ordering Call Center using Voice Recognition Technology
  • United States Patent Application No. 15/921,229 – Method of Operating an Ordering Call Center using Voice Recognition Technology
  • United States Patent Application No. 15/609,700 – System and Method for High Availability Cloud Enabled Point of Sale System
  • PCT/US2017/035106 – System and Method for High Availability Cloud Enabled Point of Sale System
  • United States Patent Application No. 15/998,684 – System and Method for Delivery Order Processing
  • United States Patent Application No. 14/857,236 – Method and Apparatus for Automated Ordering and Payment

Taco Bell Corp.

KFC Corporation

Certain elements of the Yum! Brands, Inc. are licensed pursuant to one or more of the United States patents described at http://www.35usc287.com/mobile.