A23
Foods or foodstuffs
Official title: Foods or foodstuffs; treatment thereof, not covered by other classes
A23 (Foods or foodstuffs) appears on 59,365 US grants and 76,863 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23- Granted patents
- 59,365
- Published applications
- 76,863
- Assignees
- 22,514
- Inventors
- 124,111
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 916 | 0 |
| 1977 | 699 | 0 |
| 1978 | 672 | 0 |
| 1979 | 527 | 0 |
| 1980 | 694 | 0 |
| 1981 | 689 | 0 |
| 1982 | 624 | 0 |
| 1983 | 590 | 0 |
| 1984 | 619 | 0 |
| 1985 | 709 | 0 |
| 1986 | 602 | 0 |
| 1987 | 686 | 0 |
| 1988 | 719 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1045 | 0 |
| 1990 | 896 | 0 |
| 1991 | 882 | 0 |
| 1992 | 916 | 0 |
| 1993 | 881 | 0 |
| 1994 | 825 | 0 |
| 1995 | 923 | 0 |
| 1996 | 957 | 0 |
| 1997 | 931 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1052 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1378 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1317 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1403 | 440 |
| 2002 | 1283 | 1562 |
| 2003 | 1220 | 2060 |
| 2004 | 1013 | 2437 |
| 2005 | 695 | 2521 |
| 2006 | 819 | 2379 |
| 2007 | 725 | 2320 |
| 2008 | 595 | 2471 |
| 2009 | 647 | 2617 |
| 2010 | 995 | 2975 |
| 2011 | 1047 | 2898 |
| 2012 | 1393 | 2945 |
| 2013 | 1705 | 3298 |
| 2014 | 1988 | 3382 |
| 2015 | 1733 | 3456 |
| 2016 | 1772 | 3527 |
| 2017 | 1856 | 3433 |
| 2018 | 1855 | 3400 |
| 2019 | 2060 | 3724 |
| 2020 | 2191 | 3936 |
| 2021 | 2157 | 3942 |
| 2022 | 2208 | 4136 |
| 2023 | 1987 | 3974 |
| 2024 | 1955 | 3710 |
| 2025 | 1976 | 3063 |
| 2026 | 1338 | 2257 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
- A23LFoods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for31,990
- A23VIndexing scheme relating to foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages and lactic or13,929
- A23BPreservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages9,589
- A23KFodder9,051
- A23GCocoa8,599
- A23CDairy products5,163
- A23PShaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other4,988
- A23DEdible oils or fats3,626
Recent patents
- Decontamination tank and method for treating food products6 Oct 2026US 12,751,464 B2Morris & Associates, Inc.
- Method of controlling the environment in a grow room6 Oct 2026US 12,751,465 B2JDS Consulting
- Method for producing plant-based milk fermentation product6 Oct 2026US 12,751,466 B2Godo Shusei Co., Ltd.
- Methods for conveying confection molds6 Oct 2026US 12,751,467 B2The Hershey Company
- Method for providing proteinaceous composition6 Oct 2026US 12,751,468 B2Michael Foods, Inc.
- A method of operating a baking oven and baking oven8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305621 A1E. G. O. Elektro-Geratebau GmbH
- Enzymatic modification of galactolipids in food8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305624 A1International N&H Denmark Aps
- Acidic liquid seasoning, as well as oxidation prevention method, antioxidant, acidity reduction method and acidity reducer for acidic liquid seasoning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305628 A1Kewpie Corporation
- Smoke generating assembly for a smoker8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305629 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Food processing oxidation treatment formulations and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305630 A1Clean Chemistry, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Soybean transgenic event MON 87708 and methods of use thereof1,155US 8,501,407 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2013
- Preservative systems comprising cationic surfactants878US 10,130,830 B2Laboratorios Miret, S. A. · 2018
- Device and method for preparing extrudable food products826US 10,264,797 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V. · 2019
- Controlled release powder and process for its preparation660US 5,354,556 AElan Corporation, plc · 1994
- Juicer including a juicer cartridge reader433US 10,046,904 B2Fresh Press LLC · 2018