A21C 3/02
Dough-sheeters
Official title: Dough-sheeters; Rolling-machines; Rolling-pins
A21C3/02 (Dough-sheeters) appears on 288 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21C- Granted patents
- 288
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 423
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 16 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A21C 3/025With one or more rollers moving perpendicularly to its rotation axis55
- A21C 3/021Rolling-pins35
- A21C 3/022Laminating or undulating a continuous dough sheet28
- A21C 3/024Using one or more rollers with an axis of rotation substantially parallel20
- A21C 3/028Using rollers having a shape other than straight round cylinders14
Recent patents
- 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.
- Sheeter with pivotable feed system18 Aug 2026US 12,708,120 B2J.C. Ford Company
- Rolling pin16 Jun 2026US 12,653,196 B2Tony Gemignani, LLC
- Cleaning device for extension roller31 Mar 2026US 12,589,413 B2Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Traveling wire bracket for hard taco shell sheeting machine20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240174 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Dough sheeting machine with integrated retaining band assembly and method of use13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231956 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Continuous soft pretzel apparatus and method11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157379 A1
- Sheeter with removeable cutting roller sleeve14 May 2026US 2026/0130378 A1J.C. Ford Company
- Multifunctional noodle pressing machine26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083138 A1Foshan Sanshui Dongnan Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for producing thin sheets of starch containing food material57US 5,268,187 AM. J. Quinlan & Associates Pty Limited · 1993
- Apparatus for continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materials53US 4,266,920 ARheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1981
- Apparatus for forming thin materials47US 4,348,166 AFrito-Lay, Inc. · 1982
- Product and process of making biscuits with a corrugated configuration47US 5,419,903 AUnited Biscuits (UK) Limited · 1995
- Method for processing bread dough39US 4,276,317 A1981