A23B
Preservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages
Official title: Preservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages; chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables
A23B (Preservation of foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages) appears on 9,589 US grants and 10,868 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 9,589
- Published applications
- 10,868
- Assignees
- 5,211
- Inventors
- 22,430
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 135 | 0 |
| 1977 | 103 | 0 |
| 1978 | 101 | 0 |
| 1979 | 76 | 0 |
| 1980 | 100 | 0 |
| 1981 | 124 | 0 |
| 1982 | 129 | 0 |
| 1983 | 117 | 0 |
| 1984 | 117 | 0 |
| 1985 | 120 | 0 |
| 1986 | 99 | 0 |
| 1987 | 121 | 0 |
| 1988 | 152 | 0 |
| 1989 | 223 | 0 |
| 1990 | 182 | 0 |
| 1991 | 167 | 0 |
| 1992 | 170 | 0 |
| 1993 | 178 | 0 |
| 1994 | 192 | 0 |
| 1995 | 195 | 0 |
| 1996 | 181 | 0 |
| 1997 | 179 | 0 |
| 1998 | 205 | 0 |
| 1999 | 282 | 0 |
| 2000 | 282 | 0 |
| 2001 | 234 | 62 |
| 2002 | 186 | 235 |
| 2003 | 191 | 300 |
| 2004 | 166 | 388 |
| 2005 | 120 | 379 |
| 2006 | 124 | 340 |
| 2007 | 114 | 333 |
| 2008 | 104 | 329 |
| 2009 | 102 | 348 |
| 2010 | 143 | 417 |
| 2011 | 166 | 387 |
| 2012 | 184 | 396 |
| 2013 | 199 | 444 |
| 2014 | 235 | 481 |
| 2015 | 223 | 458 |
| 2016 | 276 | 475 |
| 2017 | 254 | 500 |
| 2018 | 271 | 494 |
| 2019 | 305 | 586 |
| 2020 | 303 | 634 |
| 2021 | 322 | 579 |
| 2022 | 320 | 619 |
| 2023 | 312 | 568 |
| 2024 | 330 | 441 |
| 2025 | 317 | 386 |
| 2026 | 158 | 289 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- A23B 2/00Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general5,886
- A23B 4/00Preservation of meat, sausages, fish or fish products2,444
- A23B 7/00Preservation of fruit or vegetables2,311
- A23B 9/00Preservation of edible seeds551
- A23B 11/00Preservation of milk or dairy products538
- A23B 70/00Preservation of non-alcoholic beverages536
- A23B 5/00Preservation of eggs or egg products314
- A23B 20/00Preservation of edible oils or fats140
All 15 main groupsShow fewer
- A23B 40/00Preservation of flour or dough before baking74
- A23B 45/00Preservation of finished bakery products25
- A23B 75/00Preservation of pulses19
- A23B 80/00Preservation of cocoa or cocoa products15
- A23B 85/00Preservation of tea, tea substitutes or herbal tea0
- A23B 90/00Preservation of coffee or coffee substitutes0
- A23B 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass0
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 providing proteinaceous composition6 Oct 2026US 12,751,468 B2Michael Foods, Inc.
- Method for preparing natural nitrite6 Oct 2026US 12,753,422 B2Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Reheatable food product29 Sep 2026US 12,745,792 B2Lily's Toaster Grills, LLC
- 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.
- Process for stabilising a macerated oil8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305631 A1Linnea SA
- Apparatus and method for preserving beverages with remote-controlled system monitoring and data evaluation with feedback8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305632 A1LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Preservative systems comprising cationic surfactants878US 10,130,830 B2Laboratorios Miret, S. A. · 2018
- Apparatus and methods for magnetic separation featuring external magnetic means301US 5,466,574 AImmunivest Corporation · 1995
- Apparatus for magnetic separation featuring external magnetic means234US 5,186,827 AImmunicon Corporation · 1993
- Model-based alarming208US 6,990,821 B2Emerson Retail Services, Inc. · 2006
- Modular assembly for a holding cabinet controller204US 6,658,994 B1Chromalox, Inc. · 2003