A23B 4/052
Smoke generators
Official title: Smoke generators {; Smoking apparatus}
A23B4/052 (Smoke generators) appears on 367 US grants and 391 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 367
- Published applications
- 391
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 684
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 1 | 16 |
| 2015 | 8 | 21 |
| 2016 | 8 | 16 |
| 2017 | 8 | 15 |
| 2018 | 19 | 23 |
| 2019 | 13 | 22 |
| 2020 | 14 | 23 |
| 2021 | 19 | 32 |
| 2022 | 9 | 40 |
| 2023 | 20 | 38 |
| 2024 | 21 | 31 |
| 2025 | 31 | 30 |
| 2026 | 14 | 24 |
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.
- Smoke generator and a system for feeding smoke particles to a smoke cabinet17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271950 A1
- Smoker, smoking device and grill27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248148 A1Monument Grill LLC
- Smoker-grill cooking apparatus with grill rack attachment27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248323 A1Mr. Bar-B-Q Products LLC
Most cited
By later US patents