A23B 2/80
Freezing
Official title: Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
A23B2/80 (Freezing) appears on 1,187 US grants and 1,139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 1,187
- Published applications
- 1,139
- Assignees
- 714
- Inventors
- 2,640
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 36 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 8 |
| 2002 | 24 | 32 |
| 2003 | 20 | 22 |
| 2004 | 23 | 39 |
| 2005 | 15 | 36 |
| 2006 | 15 | 28 |
| 2007 | 16 | 27 |
| 2008 | 9 | 26 |
| 2009 | 6 | 25 |
| 2010 | 15 | 52 |
| 2011 | 11 | 37 |
| 2012 | 18 | 35 |
| 2013 | 13 | 31 |
| 2014 | 22 | 43 |
| 2015 | 15 | 41 |
| 2016 | 24 | 40 |
| 2017 | 34 | 49 |
| 2018 | 22 | 46 |
| 2019 | 42 | 77 |
| 2020 | 28 | 86 |
| 2021 | 47 | 76 |
| 2022 | 40 | 80 |
| 2023 | 37 | 71 |
| 2024 | 46 | 56 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 |
| 2026 | 26 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Decontamination tank and method for treating food products6 Oct 2026US 12,751,464 B2Morris & Associates, Inc.
- Reheatable food product29 Sep 2026US 12,745,792 B2Lily's Toaster Grills, LLC
- Precision temperature and moisture content control for batch food production using a vacuum system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,660 B2Blentech Corporation
- Liquid cryogen delivery and injection control apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,965 B2Messer Industries USA, Inc.
- Curry assisted pressure sterilization (CAPS) methods for food products25 Aug 2026US 12,714,128 B2
- Space electromagnetic field generator and freshness maintenance device using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311923 A1
- A process and composition for preparing a crispy breaded food product1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293917 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- All-in-One Apparatus of Food Flavoring, Cooking, and Rapid Cooling24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283169 A1Culinary Sciences, Inc.
- Microwave burn prevention agent, method for preventing microwave burn of food, production method for frozen food, and production method for starch-containing food to be heated by microwave oven24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283171 A1The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
- Gluten free dough composition and sauce composition, and methods of preparing food using the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248160 A1Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Model-based alarming208US 6,990,821 B2Emerson Retail Services, Inc. · 2006
- Heat treatment of food products190US 4,154,861 A1979
- Food storage apparatus and methods and systems for monitoring a food item147US 5,798,694 AMotorola, Inc. · 1998
- System for remote refrigeration monitoring and diagnostics146US 7,644,591 B2Emerson Retail Services, Inc. · 2010
- System for remote refrigeration monitoring and diagnostics118US 6,892,546 B2Emerson Retail Services, Inc. · 2005