A21B 5/02
Apparatus for baking hollow articles, waffles, pastry, biscuits, or the like
A21B5/02 (Apparatus for baking hollow articles, waffles, pastry, biscuits, or the like) appears on 248 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic dispensing, cooking and serving apparatus and method24 Feb 2026US 12,557,940 B2
- Waffle cone forming apparatus2 Dec 2025US 12,484,587 B1
- Winding machine for dough and method29 Jul 2025US 12,369,593 B2
- Automated bun handling and toasting system and method27 May 2025US 12,310,534 B2A. J. Antunes & Co.
- Method and apparatus for baking pocket bun15 Apr 2025US 12,274,269 B1
- Specific cooking vessel for microwave oven16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198727 A1
- Pancake maker equipped with detachable baking trays4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150851 A1Apecoo LLC
- Method for making a plurality of wafer bodies30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114460 A1Soremartec S.A.
- Baking machine18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380708 A1Apecoo LLC
- Automatic Crepe Making Device2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302053 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of producing an edible container83US 5,298,273 A1994
- Smoke filter system for a cooking appliance80US 9,474,412 B2Conair Corporation · 2016
- Method of producing edible vessel55US 4,927,656 A1990
- Process for manufacturing thin-walled, hollow pastry articles54US 4,303,690 A1981
- Method of producing an edible container53US 5,284,672 A1994