A23B 9/00
Preservation of edible seeds
Official title: Preservation of edible seeds, e.g. cereals (preservation of pulses A23B75/00)
A23B9/00 (Preservation of edible seeds) appears on 551 US grants and 557 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23B- Granted patents
- 551
- Published applications
- 557
- Assignees
- 452
- Inventors
- 1,627
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 7 |
| 2003 | 12 | 22 |
| 2004 | 7 | 20 |
| 2005 | 5 | 14 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 19 |
| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 1 | 14 |
| 2010 | 5 | 20 |
| 2011 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 7 | 17 |
| 2013 | 6 | 21 |
| 2014 | 14 | 18 |
| 2015 | 10 | 17 |
| 2016 | 14 | 29 |
| 2017 | 12 | 23 |
| 2018 | 9 | 23 |
| 2019 | 21 | 38 |
| 2020 | 14 | 33 |
| 2021 | 15 | 40 |
| 2022 | 12 | 39 |
| 2023 | 20 | 35 |
| 2024 | 20 | 30 |
| 2025 | 22 | 21 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23B 9/16Preserving with chemicals285
- A23B 9/02Preserving by heating137
- A23B 9/08Drying79
- A23B 9/14Coating with a protective layer67
- A23B 9/10Freezing29
- A23B 9/06Preserving by irradiation or electric treatment without heating effect17
- A23B 9/005Processes or apparatus using pressure variation or mechanical force12
Recent patents
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- Methods of reducing aflatoxin in nuts17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271948 A1Olam Americas, LLC
- System for controlling farm operations including aeration of grain stored in a storage bin3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259003 A1Ggt, LLC
- A bio-preservation sticker, methods of producing the same and uses thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218025 A1Liva Bio Protection Technologies Ltd.
- Retort-pouch shaped food and method of producing retort-pouch shaped food23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206803 A1Uha Mikakuto Co., Ltd.
- Method for the disinsectization of dry products, notably grains, cereals, legumes or fruit, under gas, in an autoclave by controlling the pressure and reduced-pressure phases16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198473 A1L' Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I' Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable frequency automated capacitive radio frequency (RF) dielectric heating system190US 6,784,405 B2State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University · 2004
- Processing of green vegetables for color retention in canning122US 4,104,410 A1978
- Elegant film coating system92US 6,274,162 B1BPSI Holdings, Inc. · 2001
- Compositions for sustained release of a gas85US 6,046,243 ABernard Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Method of making a sustained release biocidal composition80US 5,631,300 ASouthwest Research Institute · 1997