A23B 4/037
Freeze-drying , i.e. cryodesiccation or lyophilisation
Official title: Freeze-drying {, i.e. cryodesiccation or lyophilisation; Apparatus therefor}
A23B4/037 (Freeze-drying , i.e. cryodesiccation or lyophilisation) appears on 17 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 17
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 64
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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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
- Vapor pressure control system for drying and curing products2 Sep 2025US 12,402,640 B2
- Freeze-dried probiotic foodstuffs24 Dec 2024US 12,171,252 B2Imagilin Technology, LLC
- Method of drying jellyfish matter22 Aug 2023US 11,732,015 B2
- Method for producing freeze-dried shrimp27 Dec 2022US 11,533,923 B2Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Method of using plasmalogen contained in processed ascidian8 May 2025US 2025/0143288 A1Sun Chlorella Corp.
- Freeze-dried probiotic foodstuffs10 Apr 2025US 2025/0113853 A1Imagilin Technology, LLC
- 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
- Refrigerator with meat aging function and method of controlling the refrigerator13 Jul 2023US 2023/0217937 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods of infusing phytochemicals, nutraceuticals, and other compositions into food products14US 6,440,449 B12002
- Method of compacting freeze-dried particulate foods13US 4,096,283 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1978
- Method of producing freeze-dried, cooked beef steak and resulting product5US 3,971,854 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1976
- Method of drying meat5US 4,786,516 AHouse Food Industrial Company Limited · 1988
- Dried silken tofu5US 9,521,856 B2Cj Cheiljedang Corporation · 2016