A23B 2/42
While they are progressively transported through the apparatus
Official title: while they are progressively transported through the apparatus
A23B2/42 (While they are progressively transported through the apparatus) appears on 380 US grants and 295 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2024 | 12 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 14 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for producing cheese-like snack food19 May 2026US 12,628,843 B2Fuji Oil Company, Limited
- Prevention of microbiological growth in heat exchangers5 May 2026US 12,618,622 B2Alfa Laval Corporate AB
- Pasteurization procedure and apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,599,144 B2Incus Technology, S.L.
- Production method for soluble material6 Jan 2026US 12,514,275 B2Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Remote monitoring of contaminant reduction in ingestible products4 Nov 2025US 12,458,035 B2Novolyze Inc.
- Heating medium injectors and injection methods for heating foodstuffs13 Nov 2025US 2025/0344708 A1Empirical Innovations, Inc.
- Articles including undenatured meat protein6 Nov 2025US 2025/0338862 A1Empirical Innovations, Inc.
- Microwave and infrared heating system and method for fruit and vegetable enzyme deactivation25 Sep 2025US 2025/0295130 A1Deaktiv Inc.
- Method and device for conveying food products7 Aug 2025US 2025/0250128 A1Piovan S.P.A.
- Uv-treatment unit10 Jul 2025US 2025/0221421 A1Alfa Laval Corporate AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- High pulsed voltage systems for extending the shelf life of pumpable food products119US 5,048,404 AFoodco Corporation · 1991
- Process and article for determining the residence time of a food particle93US 5,876,771 ATetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A. · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for extending the shelf life of fluid food products81US 4,695,472 AMaxwell Laboratories, Inc. · 1987
- Thermal treatment of food products73US 4,479,776 A1984
- Oven for heating a product with RF energy73US 6,914,226 B2Comdel, Inc. · 2005