A22C 17/008
For measuring quality
Official title: {for measuring quality, e.g. to determine further processing}
A22C17/008 (For measuring quality) appears on 86 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 54
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- 228
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method and apparatus for detecting defects in the surface of curved articles20 Jan 2026US 12,529,659 B2Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Food processing device11 Nov 2025US 12,465,952 B2Marel Salmon A/S
- Method for trim blending27 May 2025US 12,310,376 B2Cabinplant International A/S
- Meat grade determination method and apparatus using an artificial intelligence model9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195775 A1Deeplant, Inc.
- Qa system and method11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162247 A1JBT Marel Corporation
- Apparatus and method for sorting and orienting food items25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386832 A1Marel A/S
- Oven arrangement and a method for cooking initially uncooked, whole muscle meat food products25 Sep 2025US 2025/0295147 A1Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Dual trimmer foodstuff processing line systems and methods19 Jun 2025US 2025/0194613 A1Fresh Mark, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Meat imaging system for palatability yield prediction64US 6,198,834 B12001
- Method for the contactless determination of features of meat quality55US 4,226,540 APfister GmbH · 1980
- Meat slicing machine and method of use thereof54US 5,481,466 ATownsend Engineering Company · 1996
- Continuous X-ray analysis for meat blending system43US 4,171,164 AThe Kartridg Pak Co. · 1979
- Apparatus and method of contaminant detection for food industry39US 7,905,154 B22011