A23B 4/031
Apparatus for drying
Official title: {Apparatus for drying (A23B4/037 takes precedence)}
A23B4/031 (Apparatus for drying) appears on 67 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 67
- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of controlling the environment in a grow room6 Oct 2026US 12,751,465 B2JDS Consulting
- Process for dry aging meat9 Dec 2025US 12,490,750 B2Saltbrick Retail, LLC
- Vapor pressure control system for drying and curing products2 Sep 2025US 12,402,640 B2
- Coagulation of the marrow in bones20 Aug 2024US 12,063,947 B2Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
- Food dehydrator23 Jan 2024US 11,877,586 B2
- Process for dry aging meat26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053153 A1Saltbrick Retail, LLC
- Methods for the estimation of surface water activity in products being dried27 Jun 2024US 2024/0210110 A1Viscofan Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Method of controlling the environment in a grow room20 Jun 2024US 2024/0196913 A1JDS Consulting
- Vapor pressure control system for drying and curing products15 Feb 2024US 2024/0049735 A9
- Vacuum drying a comestible cell-based meat product19 Oct 2023US 2023/0329255 A1Upside Foods, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aligned food processing system42US 6,523,462 B1Alkar-RapidPak, Inc. · 2003
- Process and apparatus for preparing pepperoni41US 5,942,265 AH&M Food Systems Company, Inc. · 1999
- Method of eliminating conductive drill parasitic influence on the measurements of transient electromagnetic components in MWD tools37US 7,150,316 B2Baker Hughes Incorporated · 2006
- Microwave and far infrared drying under reduced pressure35US 6,025,580 A2000
- Microwave and far infrared drying under reduced pressure28US 5,859,412 A1999