A22C 18/00
Plants, factories, or the like for processing meat
Official title: Plants, factories, or the like for processing meat (for processing poultry only A22C21/00; for processing fish only A22C25/00)
A22C18/00 (Plants, factories, or the like for processing meat) appears on 42 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 42
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 83
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Food process line for in-line processing food and method for processing food5 May 2026US 12,616,228 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Automated food/feed mass transport system17 Mar 2026US 12,575,578 B2Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Automated clean in process (CIP) system24 Feb 2026US 12,557,822 B2Cms Technology, LLC
- Cleaning and sanitizing in the meat packing industry21 Oct 2025US 12,447,511 B2NuGeneration Technologies, LLC
- Foodstuff processing line systems and methods4 Mar 2025US 12,239,138 B1Fresh Mark, Inc.
- Selecting device for pieces of processed meat, method for selecting pieces of processed meat and plant for slicing pieces of processed meat provided with this selecting device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283167 A1Ve.Ma.C. Societa' A Responsabilita' Limitata
- Universal processing stand30 Apr 2026US 2026/0117532 A1U.S. Titan Manufacturing, LLC
- Cleaning and Sanitizing in the Meat Packing Industry29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027594 A1NuGeneration Technologies, LLC dba NuGenTec
- Automated Food/Feed Mass Transport System27 Nov 2025US 2025/0359561 A1Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Dual trimmer foodstuff processing line systems and methods19 Jun 2025US 2025/0194613 A1Fresh Mark, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuous X-ray analysis for meat blending system43US 4,171,164 AThe Kartridg Pak Co. · 1979
- Clean room food processing systems, methods and structures18US 7,707,931 B2West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. · 2010
- Method for processing items such as pieces of meat15US 8,862,262 B2Marel HF · 2014
- Method of and apparatus for carcass cooling14US 4,028,774 AJames Allan & Sons, Inc. · 1977
- Modular comestibles processing units9US 11,019,829 B2Dirigo Food Safety, LLC · 2021