Starbucks Patents – Insights & Stats (Updated 2024)

Starbucks has a total of 1227 patents globally, out of which 701 have been granted. Of these 1227 patents, more than 59% patents are active. United States of America is where Starbucks has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Japan and China. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D centre.

Starbucks was founded in the year 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. Starbucks Corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is an American international coffeehouse and roastery business. It is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Starbucks which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Starbucks’ patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Starbucks’ patent portfolio.

How many patents does Starbucks have?

Starbucks has a total of 1227 patents globally. These patents belong to 264 unique patent families. Out of 1227 patents, 718 patents are active.

How many Starbucks patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Starbucks Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did Starbucks File Every Year?

Starbucks Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantStarbucks Applications FiledStarbucks Patents Granted
20133115
201411020
20158926
201610543
20175145
20186461
20197471
20201854
20218055
20229052
20237166
2024333

How Many Patents did Starbucks File in Different Countries?

Starbucks Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which Starbucks Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America231
Japan96
China94
Canada93
Europe (EPO)90
Taiwan76
United Kingdom57
South Korea62
Australia52
Mexico51
India40
Hong Kong36
Brazil30
Singapore21
Russia20
Colombia18
Germany16
Austria15
Argentina9
Spain8
Malaysia8
Chile5
Peru5
New Zealand4
Norway2
France2
Italy2
Philippines2
Switzerland2
Turkey2
United Arab Emirates1
Portugal1
Romania1
Ukraine1

Where are Research Centers of Starbucks Patents Located?

R&D Centers Of Starbucks

10 Best Starbucks Patents

US7783532B2 is the most popular patent in the Starbucks portfolio. It has received 149 citations so far from companies like Intuit Inc, Pepsico, and Qualcomm.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Starbucks:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US7783532B2149
US6702138B1134
US20120070542A1130
US20060085751A1117
US7673555B2104
US8156042B299
US4790239A81
USD471804S180
USD516424S160
USD484743S155

You might wonder, except from learning how to use a coffee machine, what does technology have to do with coffee. Quite a bit, actually. At least in the case of Starbucks, the beverage giant. Even if you’ve never visited a Starbucks, think their coffees are outrageously costly, or believe they’re overrated, you’ve undoubtedly heard of them. Their fame has grown to the point where the brand name is practically synonymous with coffee.

“to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighbourhood at a time.”

AI for Humanity: The basic premise is that the less time employees spend messing with machinery and doing mindless chores, and the more comfortable customers are, the more potential for real connections to be made over coffee. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also at the heart of many processes. Starbucks’ internal AI engine, Deep Brew, was created just for this.

The Starbucks mobile app, which was first released in 2011, provides the majority of the functionality for improving user experience. The app has evolved from just being a way to make payments and manage rewards to providing you recommendations and telling you tales. Users can earn awards and exchange them for drinks through their Loyalty programme. This, paired with the app’s availability of business hours, menus, and other information, greatly boosted its appeal. Starbucks now uses the app as a data mine to better understand customer preferences and trends.

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, and Machine Learning are just a few of the modern tech sectors that Starbucks employs.

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What are Starbucks key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Starbucks?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Starbucks in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Starbucks thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How Starbucks search focus changed over the years?

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Our comprehensive report provides an in-depth look into the patent portfolio. The report includes a breakdown of the patent portfolio across various technologies, listing the patent along with brief summaries of each patent's technology.