A23B 4/044
Smoking
Official title: Smoking; Smoking devices
A23B4/044 (Smoking) appears on 467 US grants and 506 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 467
- Published applications
- 506
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
- 911
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 15 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2 | 18 |
| 2015 | 12 | 24 |
| 2016 | 8 | 17 |
| 2017 | 11 | 17 |
| 2018 | 20 | 27 |
| 2019 | 15 | 25 |
| 2020 | 16 | 29 |
| 2021 | 20 | 41 |
| 2022 | 14 | 44 |
| 2023 | 25 | 46 |
| 2024 | 23 | 35 |
| 2025 | 32 | 33 |
| 2026 | 18 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cooking apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,733,769 B22791673 Ontario Inc.
- Electronic smoker1 Sep 2026US 12,721,357 B1
- Smoke control in an indoor smoker25 Aug 2026US 12,714,119 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Irradiation apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,708,685 B2Precision X-Ray, Inc.
- Reverse flow combination cooking apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,702,140 B2
- Smoke generating assembly for a smoker8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305629 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Household cooking utensils1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294154 A1Coodal Inc.
- Electric grill and smoking device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283390 A1W. C. Bradley Company
- Smoke generator and a system for feeding smoke particles to a smoke cabinet17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271950 A1
- Nut shell smoke flavoring and/or cooking compositions and methods of fabrication and use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275217 A1Atkinson Food Group LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Meat smoker98US 4,700,618 A1987
- Subatmospheric pressure cook-and-hold steaming oven97US 5,235,903 A1993
- Grill smoker apparatus90US 10,021,889 B22018
- Aromatic wood fuel briquette and method of making and using the same81US 4,102,653 A1978
- Modular outdoor grill with a pivotal food supporting rack77US 6,039,039 A2000