A23C 19/02
Making cheese curd
A23C19/02 (Making cheese curd) appears on 702 US grants and 683 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 1,803
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23C 19/032Characterised by the use of specific microorganisms, or enzymes of microbial origin333
- A23C 19/05Treating milk before coagulation246
- A23C 19/028Without substantial whey separation from coagulated milk124
- A23C 19/055Addition of non-milk fats or non-milk proteins , polyol fatty acid polyesters69
- A23C 19/04Characterised by the use of specific enzymes of vegetable or animal origin44
- A23C 19/045Coagulation of milk without rennet or rennet substitutes42
- A23C 19/024Using continuous procedure15
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