A21D 6/00
Treatment of flour or dough for baking: other treatment of flour or
Official title: Other treatment of flour or dough before baking, e.g. cooling, irradiating or heating (preservation of flour or dough before baking A23B40/00)
A21D6/00 (Treatment of flour or dough for baking: other treatment of flour or) appears on 359 US grants and 454 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A21D- Granted patents
- 359
- Published applications
- 454
- Assignees
- 239
- Inventors
- 1,170
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 8 |
| 2002 | 11 | 15 |
| 2003 | 19 | 25 |
| 2004 | 6 | 23 |
| 2005 | 5 | 26 |
| 2006 | 8 | 22 |
| 2007 | 3 | 22 |
| 2008 | 3 | 16 |
| 2009 | 3 | 19 |
| 2010 | 3 | 23 |
| 2011 | 5 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 19 |
| 2014 | 7 | 21 |
| 2015 | 8 | 22 |
| 2016 | 7 | 20 |
| 2017 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018 | 3 | 14 |
| 2019 | 11 | 21 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 15 | 19 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 | 10 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Protein-complexed MCT oil, method of manufacture, and food products made therefrom6 Oct 2026US 12,751,475 B2Innovative Flours, LLC
- High-fat flour replacement and methods of preparation4 Aug 2026US 12,696,905 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Functionally enhanced flours, grits, and food products and methods of making and using same30 Jun 2026US 12,667,848 B2GHL Specialty Flours, LLC
- Apparatus and method for producing scored dough pieces16 Jun 2026US 12,653,198 B2General Mills, Inc.
- Method for preparing linseed food product from linseed9 Jun 2026US 12,648,576 B2Anhui Nong Ankang Foods Limited Company
- Apparatus and Method for Producing Scored Dough Pieces17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271946 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Method for preparing nuruk for fermentation and nuruk for fermentation prepared thereby13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231959 A1Boksoondoga Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing bagel, and bagel formed thereby13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231960 A1Paris Croissant Co., Ltd.
- Method of making bread crumbs9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191209 A1
- Ready-made batter in an aerosol can11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157380 A1Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostiu "Avangard Innovatcii"
Most cited
By later US patents
- Refrigerated and shelf-stable bakery dough products101US 6,261,613 B1General Mills, Inc. · 2001
- Sweet dough tray59US 6,627,239 B1Nestec S. A. · 2003
- Ready to bake refrigerated sweet dough52US 6,280,783 B1Nestec S. A. · 2001
- Method of processing food utilizing infrared radiation50US 5,382,441 AThe Pillsbury Company · 1995
- Apparatus for making and dispensing pizza47US 5,921,170 A1999