Hershey Co patents

Hershey Co holds 140 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents140
Recent patents32
First publicationJan 22, 2015
Latest publicationMar 10, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201512
201617
201712
20188
201910
20205
202122
202215
202321
20249
20257
20262
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201512
201617
201712
20188
201910
20205
202122
202215
202321
20249
20257
20262

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Hershey Co have in patentsdb?
Hershey Co is linked to 140 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Hershey Co patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (82); Operations & Transport (35); Physics (8).
Is Hershey Co's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 9 in 2024 and 7 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Hershey Co?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.