A21C
Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs
Official title: Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs; handling baked articles made from dough
A21C (Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs) appears on 3,330 US grants and 2,260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 3,330
- Published applications
- 2,260
- Assignees
- 1,195
- Inventors
- 5,046
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 49 | 0 |
| 1978 | 63 | 0 |
| 1979 | 33 | 0 |
| 1980 | 42 | 0 |
| 1981 | 45 | 0 |
| 1982 | 44 | 0 |
| 1983 | 50 | 0 |
| 1984 | 58 | 0 |
| 1985 | 69 | 0 |
| 1986 | 83 | 0 |
| 1987 | 97 | 0 |
| 1988 | 72 | 0 |
| 1989 | 83 | 0 |
| 1990 | 86 | 0 |
| 1991 | 69 | 0 |
| 1992 | 81 | 0 |
| 1993 | 77 | 0 |
| 1994 | 68 | 0 |
| 1995 | 81 | 0 |
| 1996 | 89 | 0 |
| 1997 | 83 | 0 |
| 1998 | 91 | 0 |
| 1999 | 91 | 0 |
| 2000 | 89 | 0 |
| 2001 | 108 | 30 |
| 2002 | 68 | 62 |
| 2003 | 73 | 93 |
| 2004 | 50 | 115 |
| 2005 | 42 | 88 |
| 2006 | 60 | 86 |
| 2007 | 39 | 70 |
| 2008 | 28 | 86 |
| 2009 | 21 | 68 |
| 2010 | 42 | 104 |
| 2011 | 46 | 89 |
| 2012 | 50 | 107 |
| 2013 | 62 | 69 |
| 2014 | 64 | 88 |
| 2015 | 70 | 119 |
| 2016 | 74 | 75 |
| 2017 | 62 | 87 |
| 2018 | 70 | 93 |
| 2019 | 82 | 117 |
| 2020 | 65 | 104 |
| 2021 | 67 | 102 |
| 2022 | 63 | 109 |
| 2023 | 76 | 102 |
| 2024 | 88 | 81 |
| 2025 | 70 | 65 |
| 2026 | 36 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- A21C 11/00Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs: other machines for forming1,221
- A21C 9/00Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs: other apparatus for handling919
- A21C 15/00Apparatus for handling baked articles765
- A21C 3/00Machines or apparatus for shaping batches of dough before subdivision609
- A21C 1/00Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough365
- A21C 5/00Dough-dividing machines271
- A21C 13/00Provers, i.e. apparatus permitting dough to rise124
- A21C 7/00Machines which homogenise the subdivided dough by working other than by kneading109
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Recent patents
- Foodstuff crafting apparatus, components, assembly, and method for utilizing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,452 B2Cricut, Inc.
- Industrial process for continuous production of inversed laminated dough29 Sep 2026US 12,745,779 B2Vamix NV
- Device for rolling dough on a surface15 Sep 2026US 12,733,648 B2Radie B.V.
- Lower folding device for forming dumplings1 Sep 2026US 12,721,351 B2Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Device and method for filling and/or portioning food mass on a carrier1 Sep 2026US 12,721,352 B2VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Spring roll skin formation module and spring roll manufacturing apparatus comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305623 A1Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Sourdough starter appliance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307027 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Noodle skin piece producing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293914 A1Yutaka Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for forming a cover layer for a cake1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293915 A1
- Sandwich crimper1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294175 A1Crimpit Group Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for preparing extrudable food products826US 10,264,797 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V. · 2019
- Process of manufacturing candy bars containing wafers and wafer bars manufactured thereby171US 4,545,997 AHershey Foods Corporation · 1985
- Tortilla counter-stacker125US 6,053,695 AITE, Inc. · 2000
- Light reflection defect detection apparatus and method using pulsed light-emitting semiconductor devices of different wavelengths115US 5,000,569 ALamb Weston, Inc. · 1991
- Automated process for making pizza114US 5,997,924 ALMO Consultants, Inc. · 1999