A23B 4/08
With addition of chemicals or treatment with chemicals before or during cooling
Official title: with addition of chemicals {or treatment with chemicals} before or during cooling {, e.g. in the form of an ice coating or frozen block}
A23B4/08 (With addition of chemicals or treatment with chemicals before or during cooling) appears on 212 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 177
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 483
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Liquid cryogen delivery and injection control apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,965 B2Messer Industries USA, Inc.
- System for cooling non-liquid conveyable product13 Jan 2026US 12,520,854 B2Praxair Technology, Inc.
- Methods for related apparatus for increasing antimicrobial efficacy in a poultry chiller tank17 Jun 2025US 12,329,173 B1Zeco, Inc.
- Method and device for delaying rigor mortis in fish13 May 2025US 12,295,373 B2Lambhusasund Ehf.
- Anti-freezing composition comprising self-assembly compound5 Nov 2024US 12,133,523 B2Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- System for cooling non-liquid conveyable product2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090553 A1
- Composition and method for preserving fish28 Aug 2025US 2025/0268269 A1
- Device and method for the preparation of foods26 Jun 2025US 2025/0204540 A1
- Water absorbers and separation mechanisms for application to high moisture foodstuffs8 May 2025US 2025/0143329 A1ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
- Method for quickly killing object to be quickly killed, quick-kill device and quick-kill system2 Jan 2025US 2025/0000108 A1Blanctec International Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aqueous bactericide for animal treatment106US 5,093,140 ADaicel Chemical Industries, Ltd. · 1992
- Process for treating poultry carcasses to increase shelf-life67US 5,512,309 ARhone-Poulenc Inc. · 1996
- Process and composition for producing and maintaining good color in fresh meat, fresh poultry and fresh fish61US 4,522,835 ATransfresh Corporation · 1985
- Carcass chiller and sterilizer50US 4,827,727 A1989
- Food processing method49US 5,879,732 AThe BOC Group, Inc. · 1999