A23C 19/16
Covering the cheese surface
Official title: Covering the cheese surface, e.g. with wax coating compositions
A23C19/16 (Covering the cheese surface) appears on 69 US grants and 70 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 70
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for smear-ripening of cheese23 Jun 2026US 12,660,834 B2EidgenöSsisches Departement FüR Wirtschaft, Bildung Und Forschung (Wbf) Agroscope
- Cheese ripening17 Jun 2025US 12,329,119 B2
- Cheese product with carrageenan casing27 May 2025US 12,310,381 B2Hl Commodity Foods Ltd
- Methods for treating a divided cheese product and compositions thereof6 Feb 2024US 11,889,845 B2Allied Blending LP
- Cheese wrap and method for making a cheese wrap6 Jun 2023US 11,666,061 B2Lotito Foods Holdings, LLC
- Improved cheese ripening3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256162 A1FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
- Composition for coating cheese2 Apr 2026US 2026/0090559 A1Procudan A/S
- Shelf Stable Natural Cheese Product5 Mar 2026US 2026/0060264 A1
- Meltable Cheese and Sauce Combination Product29 Jan 2026US 2026/0026515 A1
- Yogurt composition20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057173 A1General Mills, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compositions and methods for preparing an edible film of lower water vapor permeability94US 4,661,359 AGeneral Mills, Inc. · 1987
- Method of flavoring and mechanically processing foods with polymer encapsulated flavor oils89US 5,759,599 AGivaudan Roure Flavors Corporation · 1998
- Method of treating a divided cheese product for anticaking31US 5,626,893 A1997
- Method and apparatus for extruding and cutting a food material27US 4,659,580 ANestec S. A. · 1987
- Antifungal composition22US 5,821,233 AGist-Brocades N. V. · 1998