A21C 11/00
Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs: other machines for forming
Official title: Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking
A21C11/00 (Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs: other machines for forming) appears on 1,221 US grants and 823 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 1,221
- Published applications
- 823
- Assignees
- 454
- Inventors
- 2,032
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 28 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 |
| 1986 | 24 | 0 |
| 1987 | 39 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 0 |
| 1989 | 36 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 11 |
| 2002 | 24 | 22 |
| 2003 | 26 | 39 |
| 2004 | 24 | 49 |
| 2005 | 17 | 33 |
| 2006 | 19 | 27 |
| 2007 | 18 | 28 |
| 2008 | 9 | 32 |
| 2009 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | 15 | 37 |
| 2011 | 18 | 33 |
| 2012 | 17 | 36 |
| 2013 | 16 | 29 |
| 2014 | 26 | 32 |
| 2015 | 36 | 43 |
| 2016 | 28 | 27 |
| 2017 | 26 | 24 |
| 2018 | 22 | 32 |
| 2019 | 25 | 52 |
| 2020 | 22 | 38 |
| 2021 | 27 | 32 |
| 2022 | 19 | 33 |
| 2023 | 28 | 38 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 |
| 2025 | 27 | 22 |
| 2026 | 9 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A21C 11/16Extruding machines457
- A21C 11/10Combined with cutting apparatus355
- A21C 11/004Forming the dough into a substantially disc-like shape with or without an213
- A21C 11/02Embossing machines165
- A21C 11/12Apparatus for slotting, slitting or perforating the surface of pieces of dough75
- A21C 11/22Apparatus with rollers and cutting discs or blades for shaping noodles41
- A21C 11/24Apparatus for cutting out noodles from a sheet or ribbon of dough29
- A21C 11/002The shape being toroid-like21
Recent patents
- Sheeter with pivotable feed system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,120 B2J.C. Ford Company
- Food processing device, componentry, and related methods14 Jul 2026US 12,677,838 B2SharkNinja Operating LLC
- Multi-layered food product and method for forming30 Jun 2026US 12,667,109 B2Arlington Valley Farms LLC
- Hard taco shell and method and apparatus for producing the hard taco shell16 Jun 2026US 12,653,197 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for producing scored dough pieces16 Jun 2026US 12,653,198 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Spring roll skin formation module and spring roll manufacturing apparatus comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305623 A1Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Noodle skin piece producing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293914 A1Yutaka Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and Method for Producing Scored Dough Pieces17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271946 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Food item fabrication system and method for fabricating food item13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232003 A1Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Dough pressing machine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223865 A1Shenzhen Saileisi Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for preparing extrudable food products826US 10,264,797 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V. · 2019
- Automated process for making pizza114US 5,997,924 ALMO Consultants, Inc. · 1999
- Float-frying and dockering methods for controlling the shape and preventing distortion of single and multi-layer snack products100US 4,650,687 A1987
- Method of forming rippled chip-type products94US 3,956,517 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1976
- Multi-orifice coextrusion method82US 4,900,572 AThe Quaker Oats Company · 1990