The Estée Lauder has a total of 4276 patents globally, out of which 2801 have been granted. Of these 4276 patents, more than 55% patents are active. United States of America is where The Estée Lauder has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Japan and Korea (South). Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of The Estée Lauder.
The Estée Lauder was founded in 1946 by Estée Lauder and Joseph Lauder. The Estee Lauder manufactures beauty care products. The Company offers skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products such as mascara, lipstick, nail polish, lotion, moisturizer, and other beauty aids. As of March 2022, The Estée Lauder has a market cap of $97.6 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of The Estée Lauder which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find The Estée Lauder patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over The Estée Lauder patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Estée Lauder have?
The founder Joseph Lauder and Estée Lauder have 0 and the CEO, Fabrizio Freda has 0 patents.
How many patents does Estée Lauder have?
Estée Lauder has a total of 4276 patents globally. These patents belong to 944 unique patent families. Out of 4276 patents, 2391 patents are active.
How Many Patents did The Estée Lauder 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 | Estée Lauder Applications Filed | Estée Lauder Patents Granted |
2011 | 377 | 94 |
2012 | 225 | 159 |
2013 | 334 | 184 |
2014 | 252 | 193 |
2015 | 378 | 229 |
2016 | 438 | 281 |
2017 | 341 | 351 |
2018 | 116 | 192 |
2019 | 226 | 137 |
2020 | 295 | 228 |
2021 | 129 | 319 |
2022 | 8 | 66 |
How many The Estée Lauder’s patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents

Patent Families

How Many Patents did The Estée Lauder File in Different Countries?

Countries in which The Estée Lauder Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United States Of America | 610 |
Japan | 451 |
Korea (South) | 435 |
Australia | 404 |
Europe | 398 |
Canada | 359 |
China | 273 |
Germany | 140 |
Spain | 124 |
United Kingdom | 114 |
Taiwan | 107 |
Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 104 |
Singapore | 91 |
Russia | 81 |
Brazil | 44 |
Mexico | 42 |
India | 41 |
Macao | 23 |
Italy | 19 |
France | 13 |
Austria | 10 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 |
Turkey | 3 |
Israel | 3 |
Portugal | 2 |
Denmark | 2 |
Norway | 2 |
Switzerland | 2 |
Greece | 1 |
Poland | 1 |
Philippines | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Malaysia | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
Where are the Research Centers of The Estée Lauder Patents Located?

10 Best The Estée Lauder Patents
US20090155371A1 is the most popular patent in The Estée Lauder portfolio. It has received 106 citations so far from companies like L’oreal, Bionuclei and Plassein Technologies Ltd.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of The Estée Lauder:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US20090155371A1 | 106 |
WO2006029484A1 | 81 |
US20080095866A1 | 74 |
US20090047309A1 | 68 |
US20070071978A1 | 60 |
US20090035236A1 | 53 |
US8551462B2 | 50 |
US7465114B2 | 49 |
USD708440S1 | 45 |
US20090035335A1 | 45 |
Which Companies are using The Estée Lauder Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the The Estée Lauder patent portfolio are L’Oréal, Elc Management Llc and Mary Kay.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
Company | Number of Patents |
L’Oréal | 59 |
Elc Management Llc | 55 |
Mary Kay | 10 |
Procter & Gamble | 8 |
Geka Gmbh | 8 |
Albea Services | 6 |
Unilever | 6 |
Amorepacific Corporation | 6 |
Shiseido Company Ltd | 5 |
Peritech Pharma Ltd | 4 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on The Estée Lauder Patents

Top The Estée Lauder Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
US8522795B2 | 15 |
US8193155B2 | 14 |
US8535738B2 | 12 |
US7465114B2 | 12 |
US8597667B2 | 10 |
US8844543B2 | 10 |
US20090047309A1 | 9 |
US20090035236A1 | 9 |
US8358348B2 | 9 |
US20100040696A1 | 8 |
US8425477B2 | 8 |
US8703161B2 | 8 |
US20140213945A1 | 7 |
US20090155371A1 | 7 |
US20070071978A1 | 6 |
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