Beyond Meat has a total of 21 patents globally, out of which 13 have been granted. Of these 21 patents, more than 85% patents are active. United States of America is where Beyond Meat has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Australia and Indonesia. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Beyond Meat.
Beyond Meat was founded in the year 2009. The Company develops plant based protein food products. Company offers burgers, sausage, crumbles, strips and other related products.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Beyond Meat which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Beyond Meat patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Beyond Meat patent portfolio.
How many patents does Beyond Meat have?
Beyond Meat has a total of 21 patents globally. These patents belong to 4 unique patent families. Out of 21 patents, 18 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Beyond Meat File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Beyond Meat Applications Filed | Beyond Meat Patents Granted |
| 2023 | – | 3 |
| 2022 | – | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | – | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | – |
How many Beyond Meat patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Beyond Meat File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Beyond Meat Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States of America | 6 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Israel | 2 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Chile | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Europe (EPO) | 1 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Beyond Meat Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the Beyond Meat patents is the United States of America.
Best Beyond Meat Patents
US20180310599A1 is the most popular patent in the Beyond Meat portfolio. It has received 27 citations so far from companies like Nowadays Inc, Nestle and Liao Kee Food.
Plant-based meat companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have spent a lot of money on research and development to make their goods as realistic as possible.
Beyond Meat employs a food extrusion machine invented at the University of Missouri to push plant proteins into a fibrous, meat-like texture that resembles muscle fibres in order to make its Beyond Burger product. Rather than using genetic engineering, the Beyond Meat burger employs beet juice to mimic the bleeding that occurs when a real burger is eaten. To better simulate the texture of actual meat, coconut oil and cocoa butter are utilised to give marbling.
Ingredient development has a lot of room for innovation, even without genetic engineering. The vast majority of plant-based meat products rely on a small number of plant proteins, with soy, pea, and wheat proteins accounting for the majority of them. Beyond these three crops, there is a vast array of accessible plant proteins that has yet to be investigated.
In the plant-based meat sector, technology is rapidly evolving, and the next few years could be critical in determining whether plant-based meat can challenge the global meat industry.
List of Beyond Meat Patents
| Beyond Meat Patents | Title |
| US11849741B2 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| US11019836B2 | Food Products Comprising Cell Wall Material |
| US9526267B2 | Nutrient-Dense Meat Structured Protein Products |
| US20210259290A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| EP3361881A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| CN108471779B | Imitation Meat Food Products |
| GB2558130B | Meat-Like Food Products |
| IL286924B | Meat-Like Food Products |
| IL258677B | Meat-Like Food Products |
| IDP000080623B | Meat-Like Food Products |
| AU2016342157C1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| AU2021212057A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| ID201809984A | Meat-Like Food Products |
| JP7241802B2 | Meat-Like Food |
| BR112018008097B1 | Food Products Similar To Meat |
| CL64217B | A Meat-Like Food Product Comprising One Or More Meat-Structured Protein Products, A Release Agent System, One Or More Binding Agents Which Link The Meat-Structured Protein Product And The Agent-Release System Together In A Cohesive Mass; Elaboration Process. |
| CA3002809C | Meat-Like Food Products |
| HK1260026A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| US20190037893A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| US20180310599A1 | Meat-Like Food Products |
| WO2021142157A1 | Meat-Like Food Products Comprising Sal Butter And/Or Sal Butter Compositions |
What are Beyond Meat key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Beyond Meat?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Beyond Meat in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Beyond Meat thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How has Beyond Meat search focus changed over the years?
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