A22C 7/00
Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
Official title: Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products {(meat patty moulding devices for domestic use A47J43/20; ham boilers A47J27/20)}
A22C7/00 (Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products) appears on 577 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 577
- Published applications
- 432
- Assignees
- 209
- Inventors
- 687
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 28 |
| 2006 | 9 | 22 |
| 2007 | 14 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 11 | 13 |
| 2010 | 16 | 13 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 10 | 26 |
| 2014 | 15 | 24 |
| 2015 | 19 | 24 |
| 2016 | 18 | 19 |
| 2017 | 21 | 20 |
| 2018 | 16 | 20 |
| 2019 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 25 | 21 |
| 2021 | 12 | 21 |
| 2022 | 18 | 25 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 25 | 10 |
| 2025 | 14 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A22C 7/0023Pressing means370
- A22C 7/0092Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products: with46
- A22C 7/0007Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products: specially34
- A22C 7/0015Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products: specially18
Recent patents
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- Mould drum, system and method for moulding and a method for configuring a mould drum7 Jul 2026US 12,672,656 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Porous mould drum for poultry, pork, meat-replacement and vegetarian food30 Jun 2026US 12,667,110 B2Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Food processing equipment with plasma activated water cleaning16 Jun 2026US 12,654,206 B2Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Food process line for in-line processing food and method for processing food5 May 2026US 12,616,228 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Pressing tool, associated operating method, and pressing device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200194 A1Provisur Technologies, Inc.
- Shaped patty maker9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191210 A1
- Device for producing a ball-shaped food product14 May 2026US 2026/0130383 A1Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Food-processing machine9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098524 A1Provisur Technologies, Inc.
- Pressing device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0068894 A1Textor Maschinenbau GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for molding food patties113US 4,356,595 AFormax, Inc. · 1982
- Food patty molding machine112US 4,182,003 AFormax, Inc. · 1980
- Food patty molding machine100US 4,054,967 AFormax, Inc. · 1977
- Method and apparatus for producing shaped and sized food articles76US 4,212,609 A1980
- Food patty molding machine with multi-orifice fill passage and stripper plate75US 4,372,008 AFormax, Inc. · 1983