A22C 7/0076
Devices for making meat patties
Official title: {Devices for making meat patties}
A22C7/0076 (Devices for making meat patties) appears on 190 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 190
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 220
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System for forming moulded meat products28 Apr 2026US 12,610,959 B2Marel France
- Cleaning of food product moulding inserts24 Feb 2026US 12,557,818 B2Marel France
- Rotatable system to repetitively prepare food patties from a source of flowing food10 Feb 2026US 12,543,772 B2MP Equipment, LLC
- Servo knock out assembly4 Nov 2025US 12,458,055 B2Former Associates, LLC
- System for moulding comprising a mould member, a method for moulding and a method for configuring a mould member30 Sep 2025US 12,426,605 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Shaped patty maker9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191210 A1
- Rotatable system to repetitively prepare food patties from a source of flowing food29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026540 A1MP Equipment, LLC
- Protein forming machine18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380711 A1
- De-aeration cavities in a mould member20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057169 A1Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Methods for filling cavities in a mould member6 Feb 2025US 2025/0040585 A1Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for molding food patties113US 4,356,595 AFormax, Inc. · 1982
- Food patty molding machine100US 4,054,967 AFormax, Inc. · 1977
- Apparatus for molding meat patties48US 4,193,167 AArmour and Company · 1980
- Mold for forming a hamburger patty41US 4,106,162 A1978
- Mold cover for food patty molding machine40US 4,097,961 AFormax, Inc. · 1978