A23B 2/803
Materials being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping
Official title: {Materials being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping, e.g. in the form of powders, granules or flakes}
A23B2/803 (Materials being transported through or in the apparatus, with or without shaping) appears on 373 US grants and 214 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 214
- Assignees
- 222
- Inventors
- 666
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 |
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| 2021 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sterilizer26 May 2026US 12,635,700 B2Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Food process line for in-line processing food and method for processing food5 May 2026US 12,616,228 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Cooling drum for freezing granules and rotary freezing device21 Apr 2026US 12,604,912 B2Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Distribution system for an item of equipment for treatment of solid material and item of equipment for treatment of solid material24 Feb 2026US 12,559,324 B2L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L' Exploitation Des Procedes George Claude
- System for cooling non-liquid conveyable product13 Jan 2026US 12,520,854 B2Praxair Technology, Inc.
- Tunnel freezer and method for freezing a layer of foodstuffs4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150852 A1
- Methods of processing chocolate covered frozen food products28 May 2026US 2026/0144272 A1Mars, Incorporated
- System for cooling non-liquid conveyable product2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090553 A1
- Vacuum cooling, constant flow partial pressure without refrigeration5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060263 A1Western Precooling Systems
- Variable bi-directional airflow system and method for a thermal processing machine5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063352 A1JBT Marel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat treatment of food products190US 4,154,861 A1979
- Cooking apparatus90US 4,338,911 A1982
- Food processing plant controlled on the basis of set-point parameters78US 5,946,922 AL Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude · 1999
- Thermal treatment of food products73US 4,479,776 A1984
- Self-supporting spiral conveyor72US 3,938,651 AFrigoscandia Contracting AB · 1976