A22C 17/08
Cleaning
Official title: Cleaning, e.g. washing, meat or sausages {(treating offal C11B)}
A22C17/08 (Cleaning) appears on 86 US grants and 96 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 96
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 145
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Decontamination tank and method for treating food products6 Oct 2026US 12,751,464 B2Morris & Associates, Inc.
- Spiral-pump for treating food items16 Jun 2026US 12,653,201 B2Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Food processing equipment with plasma activated water cleaning16 Jun 2026US 12,654,206 B2Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Dual waterfall cabinet for food processing applications9 Dec 2025US 12,490,751 B2Safe Foods Corporation
- Method of washing meat carcass parts such as cattle carcass halves, and a washing device11 Nov 2025US 12,465,056 B2Marel Brasil Comercial E Industrial Ltda
- Dual waterfall cabinet for food processing applications5 Feb 2026US 2026/0033507 A1Safe Foods Corporation
- Removal of insolubles from aqueous streams used in food processing27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359563 A1Safe Foods Corporation
- Systems and methods for antimicrobial application and related data collection13 Feb 2025US 2025/0049049 A1Cms Technology, LLC
- Food processing equipment with plastma activated water cleaning16 Jan 2025US 2025/0018441 A1Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Treatment of food products14 Nov 2024US 2024/0373888 A1Evonik Operations GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combination game cleaning station, portable sink and ice chest38US 7,954,183 B22011
- Post-evisceration process and apparatus20US 6,733,379 B2Rhodia Inc. · 2004
- Methods for separating tallow from boneless beef using liquid carbon dioxide and carbonic acid17US 7,666,456 B2SafeFresh Technologies, LLC · 2010
- Microbiological control in poultry processing13US 6,986,910 B2Albemarle Corporation · 2006
- Meat gristle puller10US 4,359,807 AOscar Mayer Foods Corporation · 1982