🔸 Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton and since then it had quickly climbed the charts as the most popular soda in the world. But do you know Coca-Cola has never patented their recipe after the first original patent in 1893? The recipe for Coca-Cola had changed after the 1893 patent ended and was never patented again to ensure the recipe remains undisclosed. The reason is that a patent is only protected for 20 years and after that it will be disclosed to the public. But this does not mean that you should not patent your work unless you could guard it like how Coca-Cola guard theirs. Until today, no one has ever replicated the Coca-Cola’s recipe.