A22C 17/002
Producing portions of meat with predetermined characteristics
Official title: {Producing portions of meat with predetermined characteristics, e.g. weight or particular dimensions}
A22C17/002 (Producing portions of meat with predetermined characteristics) appears on 96 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sub-primal cut identification and packaging optimization system and method19 May 2026US 12,628,836 B2JBT Marel Corporation
- Method and a system for generating batches of food pieces11 Nov 2025US 12,465,055 B2Marel A/S
- Meat processing assembly2 Sep 2025US 12,402,636 B1
- Method of spirally cutting meat slices5 Aug 2025US 12,376,597 B2Hollymatic Corporation
- Food processing apparatus and corresponding food processing method27 May 2025US 12,310,375 B2Provisur Technologies, Inc.
- Sub-primal cut identification and packaging optimization system and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256154 A1JBT Marel Corporation
- Method and apparatus for portion cutting of meat items20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240177 A1Marel A/S
- System and Method to Cut Blocks of Meat30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216905 A1MP Equipment, LLC
- System and method of optimizing workpiece trim production and use20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353203 A1JBT Marel Corporation
- Food Processing System for Cutting a Food Product into Portions13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345961 A1Thurne-Middleby Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for automatically cutting food products to predetermined weight or shape84US 4,875,254 ADesign Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus for automatically cutting food products to predetermined weight or shape83US 4,962,568 ADesign Systems, Inc. · 1990
- Meat slicing machine and method of use thereof54US 5,481,466 ATownsend Engineering Company · 1996
- Product scanning system and method45US 6,407,818 B1AEW International Limited · 2002
- Meat trim sorting43US 5,482,166 AKey Technology, Inc. · 1996