Company patents

Weber-Stephen Products LLC

Weber-Stephen Products LLC's patent strategy is heavily concentrated in Kitchen Equipment, representing 68.4% of its portfolio, which saw a significant rebound in 2025 with a 44.4% YoY growth after a decline. Surprisingly, despite its core business, the company shows a shifting priority away from Electric Heating & Lighting Control and Foods & Beverages, with both categories experiencing 100.0% YoY declines in 2026 (so far) and 2024 respectively, and no patents in Foods & Beverages since 2023.

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.

117 US filings (since 2023) · 7 categories · 7 themes

Modular Kitchen & Grill Systems

Equipment designed with interchangeable, attachable, or configurable components, allowing for flexible setup, expansion, or integration of cooking, serving, and storage units.

Kitchen Equipment
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67since 2023
+118.2%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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33since 2023
+22.2%YoY
Embedded & Structural Temperature Sensing

Methods and devices for integrating temperature sensors directly into materials, structures, or challenging environments (e.g., hydrogen tanks, concrete, ocean) to measure internal or localized temperatures.

Temperature Measurement
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5since 2023
-50.0%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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4since 2023
n/a
Wearable & Biomedical Temperature Sensing

Temperature sensing systems integrated into wearable devices or medical apparatus for monitoring physiological conditions, such as inflammation detection, often utilizing differential temperature measurements.

Temperature Measurement
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3since 2023
new
Power Driver & Reliability

Design of power driver circuits for electric loads (e.g., LEDs, heating elements) focusing on efficiency, stability, noise reduction, and compensation for component degradation.

Electric Heating & Lighting Control
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3since 2023
n/a
IoT & Wireless Temperature Monitoringfiltered

Systems that integrate temperature sensors with wireless communication modules and network platforms (e.g., cloud) for remote data collection, analysis, and indication, often for distributed or mobile assets.

Temperature Measurement
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1since 2023
new

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