A21C 11/12
Apparatus for slotting, slitting or perforating the surface of pieces of dough
A21C11/12 (Apparatus for slotting, slitting or perforating the surface of pieces of dough) appears on 75 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 75
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 186
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Apparatus and method for producing scored dough pieces20 Jan 2026US 12,527,330 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Food item formation apparatus and methods of use2 Dec 2025US 12,484,589 B2Daisy Makes, LLC
- Apparatus and method for producing scored dough pieces9 Sep 2025US 12,408,675 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Apparatus and Method for Producing Scored Dough Pieces17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271946 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Food Item Formation Apparatus and Methods of Use9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191208 A1Daisy Makes, LLC
- Food Item Formation Apparatus and Methods of Use19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076376 A1Daisy Makes, LLC
- Apparatus and Method for Producing Scored Dough Pieces4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366482 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Dough mold attachment assembly for a stand mixer16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318535 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-row dough slitting apparatus44US 4,246,838 AVelten & Pulver, Inc. · 1981
- Dough punch and method of use33US 6,194,017 B1Pizza Hut, Inc. · 2001
- Method of forming perforated flat dough pieces29US 4,075,359 ANabisco, Inc. · 1978
- Method of producing pie dough having slits22US 5,196,223 ARheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Apparatus and method for making lattice baked food products21US 5,614,237 AUnited Biscuits (UK) Limited · 1997