A23B 4/0053
With gas or liquids, with or without shaping
Official title: {with gas or liquids, with or without shaping, e.g. in form of powder, granules or flakes}
A23B4/0053 (With gas or liquids, with or without shaping) appears on 154 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 318
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 13 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for heating and cooling food items18 Aug 2026US 12,708,122 B2Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Continuous low temperature pasteurization system and method2 Jun 2026US 12,642,278 B2JBT Marel Corporation
- Emulsion for improving meat19 May 2026US 12,628,839 B2Texas Tech University System
- Food product thermal treatment method9 Dec 2025US 12,490,747 B2Marel Further Processing B. V.
- Heating medium injectors and injection methods for heating foodstuffs19 Aug 2025US 12,389,918 B2Empirical Innovations, Inc.
- Continuous low temperature pasteurization system and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248147 A1JBT Marel Corporation
- Method of predicting microbial contamination16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201482 A1Cargill, Incorporated
- Method and system for preparing a food product2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182591 A1Micvac AB
- 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.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultra-high temperature pasteurization of meat products54US 5,470,597 AUtah State University · 1995
- Blanching, pasteurizing and sterilizing process and apparatus suitable therefor47US 4,255,459 A1981
- Method of pasteurizing meat products44US 5,741,536 A1998
- Method of cooking and storing food in flexible bags39US 3,966,980 AA.G.S. Food System Inc. · 1976
- Method of retort packaging broiled fish and product thereof38US 4,798,728 AHouse Food Industrial Company Limited · 1989