A23C 15/00
Butter
Official title: Butter; Butter preparations; Making thereof (preservation of butter or butter preparations A23B11/40; butter substitutes A23D)
A23C15/00 (Butter) appears on 202 US grants and 179 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 202
- Published applications
- 179
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
- 550
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 15 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 3 | 12 |
| 2020 | 5 | 19 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Functional mung bean-derived compositions17 Feb 2026US 12,550,913 B2Eat JUST, Inc.
- Lipases, compositions, methods and uses thereof16 Dec 2025US 12,495,812 B2Chr. Hansen A/S
- Compositions comprising a casein and methods of producing the same25 Nov 2025US 12,478,079 B2Perfect Day, Inc.
- Preparation for use in enhancing formation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)1 Jul 2025US 12,342,842 B2Evonik Operations GmbH
- Extruded, multi-portioned butter products and system and methods of producing same24 Jun 2025US 12,336,495 B2Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Novel method of producing butter-like products and the obtainable butter-like products30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114465 A1
- Three-dimensional food item printing system and three-dimensional food item printing method23 Apr 2026US 2026/0107965 A1Top Table Inc
- Brown butter and systems and methods for the continuous production thereof12 Jun 2025US 2025/0185680 A1Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Butter products and methods of forming and packaging same12 Jun 2025US 2025/0185832 A1Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Peptide having physiological activity and use thereof6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042941 A1Caregen Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier or composition for topical application284US 6,911,211 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2005
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier or composition for topical application111US 6,967,023 B1Foamix Ltd. · 2005
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier and composition for topical application104US 6,994,863 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2006
- Marine micro-algae food material containing docosahexaenoic acid, food containing the same and manufacturing method therefor101US 5,547,699 AKawasaki Steel Corporation · 1996
- Pharmaceutical composition for topical application93US 7,682,623 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2010