A23B 5/04
Freezing
Official title: Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
A23B5/04 (Freezing) appears on 53 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 107
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Shaped, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg product having low amounts of binder additive21 Jul 2026US 12,685,326 B2Cargill, Incorporation
- Airflow reversal system for efficient thawing processes4 Nov 2025US 12,458,038 B2CFA Properties, Inc.
- Device and method for controlling the temperature of foods, in particular eggs15 Oct 2024US 12,114,673 B2
- Method for preparing frozen or refrigerated fried eggs25 Feb 2020US 10,568,334 B2Innovation Foods 360 S.L.
- Frozen liquid egg whites, method for producing same, and liquid egg whites resulting from defrosting frozen liquid egg whites14 Jan 2020US 10,531,682 B2Kewpie Corporation
- Airflow reversal system for efficient thawing processes14 May 2026US 2026/0130384 A1CFA Properties, Inc.
- Treatment of refrigerated pre-cooked egg food products14 May 2026US 2026/0130385 A1Cargill, Incorporation
- Airflow reversal system for efficient thawing processes12 Jun 2025US 2025/0185678 A1CFA Properties, Inc.
- Process for continuously forming a raw egg product11 May 2023US 2023/0147774 A1Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Shaped, Ready-to-Cook or Ready-to-Eat Egg Product Having Low Amounts of Binder Additive11 Aug 2022US 2022/0248729 A1Cargill, Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for freezing or chilling94US 4,655,047 AI.Q.F. Inc. · 1987
- Egg product and process of manufacture37US 4,409,249 A1983
- Relating to freezing apparatus37US 4,843,840 ABOC Limited · 1989
- Low water activity egg product27US 5,932,276 AThe Pillsbury Company · 1999
- Egg product and process22US 4,469,708 ANabisco Brands, Inc. · 1984