A21C 11/004
Forming the dough into a substantially disc-like shape with or without an
Official title: {forming the dough into a substantially disc-like shape with or without an outer rim, e.g. for making pie crusts, cake shells or pizza bases}
A21C11/004 (Forming the dough into a substantially disc-like shape with or without an) appears on 213 US grants and 172 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 213
- Published applications
- 172
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 369
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of manufacture and composition of a dough based item including protein5 May 2026US 12,616,213 B1Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Flexible automatic food processing and client orders execution machine30 Dec 2025US 12,508,717 B2X Robotics, Inc.
- Process for manufacturing a dough base26 Aug 2025US 12,396,463 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Winding machine for dough and method29 Jul 2025US 12,369,593 B2
- Apparatus for manufacturing scorched rice18 Mar 2025US 12,250,961 B2
- Dough pressing machine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223865 A1Shenzhen Saileisi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Flexible automatic food processing and client orders execution machine7 May 2026US 2026/0124766 A1X Robotics, Inc.
- Food forming apparatus12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068920 A1Anko Food Machine Co., Ltd.
- Layered pizza dough product and method of commercial manufacturing12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041104 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Machine for stretching pizza dough and preparing dough applications29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026512 A1Hyper Food Robotics Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pizza crust dough forming die assembly45US 5,074,778 APizza Systems, Inc. · 1991
- Tortilla press apparatus44US 4,938,126 A1990
- Frozen pizza process39US 4,303,677 AThe Quaker Oats Company · 1981
- Method and apparatus for forming cakes38US 4,592,916 ANestec S. A. · 1986
- Press for making pizza beds37US 5,176,922 ABarilla G. E R. F.LLI - Societa' Per Azioni · 1993