Company patents

DoorDash, Inc.

Door Dash, Inc.'s patent strategy, while heavily focused on Business Methods & Fintech (61.9% of its portfolio), shows a surprising, albeit volatile, emerging interest in Kitchen Equipment, which saw an 800.0% year-over-year growth in 2024, suggesting a potential expansion beyond pure logistics into food preparation or smart kitchen integration, despite a subsequent decline. The company also appears to be shifting priorities away from Wireless Networks and Web & Cloud Service Protocols, both experiencing significant year-over-year declines in 2026 so far.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

113 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 18 themes

Automated Beverage Preparation

Systems and devices designed for automated or semi-automated brewing, grinding, and dispensing of beverages, often utilizing capsules, specialized filters, or integrated components for efficiency and user convenience.

Kitchen Equipment
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15since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Smart Blending & Agitation

Blenders, mixers, and cooking appliances featuring intelligent controls, load sensing, or specialized agitation mechanisms to optimize food processing, achieve desired consistency, and enhance performance.

Kitchen Equipment
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11since 2023
-57.1%YoY
Automated Transaction Systems

Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.

Business Methods & Fintech
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11since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Specialized Cooking & Heating

Appliances and containers designed for specific cooking methods (e.g., air frying, sous vide), automated food preparation, or temperature-controlled storage and transport to maintain food quality.

Kitchen Equipment
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10since 2023
-71.4%YoY
Large Model Text Generation

Techniques for generating human-like text or other content using large pre-trained models, often involving prompt engineering, speculative decoding, or multi-modal inputs for content creation.

Machine Learning & AI
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7since 2023
-50.0%YoY
AI Information Synthesis

Systems and methods utilizing artificial intelligence, particularly large language models and neural networks, to extract, summarize, generate, or categorize information from unstructured or semi-structured data sources.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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6since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Wearable & Mobile Interaction

Designing user interfaces and interaction methods specifically for mobile or wearable devices, enabling control of external systems, monitoring user states, or facilitating real-world transactions.

Input/Output & User Interfaces
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5since 2023
new
Location-Aware Mobile Services

Mobile applications and systems leveraging wireless communication and location data (e.g., GPS, RFID, geo-fencing) to provide context-specific services, transactions, or user interactions.

Wireless Networks
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5since 2023
0.0%YoY
Intelligent Decision Support

Systems that process data to provide personalized recommendations, predict events, or automate decision-making processes based on learned patterns, user behavior, or environmental factors.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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5since 2023
n/a
Lane-Level Mapping & Localization

Techniques for generating, updating, and utilizing highly detailed digital maps that include lane-specific information, and for precisely determining a vehicle's position within these lanes, often using sensor data.

Navigation & Geodesy
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4since 2023
0.0%YoY
Specialized Data Integration

Methods and systems for integrating, transforming, and managing complex or domain-specific data from disparate sources into a unified structure, often for specific applications like social networks, genomics, or business forms.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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3since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Sensor-based Environment Perception

Techniques and hardware for autonomous systems to gather and interpret data about their surroundings, including obstacle detection, object recognition, and depth estimation, to inform control decisions.

Computer Vision
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2since 2023
new
Personalized Recommendations

Systems that use user data, preferences, and machine learning to generate tailored advice, product recommendations, goal-setting plans, or contextual information for individuals across different domains.

Business Methods & Fintech
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2since 2023
n/a
Indoor & Industrial Site Mapping

Technologies for generating and utilizing detailed spatial maps within confined or structured environments like care facilities, construction sites, or industrial warehouses, often for robot navigation or asset tracking.

Navigation & Geodesy
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2since 2023
n/a
Multimodal Data Fusion

Techniques for combining and analyzing information from multiple distinct data modalities (e.g., text, image, video, audio, sensor data) to derive richer insights or improve system performance and decision-making.

Machine Learning & AI
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1since 2023
new
MLOps & Model Deployment

Systems and methods for automating the lifecycle of machine learning models, including pipeline deployment, model management, versioning, and configuring for different inference environments.

Machine Learning & AI
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1since 2023
n/a
Connected Vehicle Communication (V2X)

Systems enabling wireless communication between vehicles (V2V), vehicles and infrastructure (V2I), or vehicles and other entities (V2X) to share information for traffic management, safety, and navigation.

Wireless Networks
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1since 2023
n/a
Access Control & Identity Managementfiltered

Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.

Web & Cloud Service Protocols
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1since 2023
n/a

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