A23C 2210/208
Removal of bacteria by membrane filtration
Official title: Removal of bacteria by membrane filtration; Sterile filtration of milk products
A23C2210/208 (Removal of bacteria by membrane filtration) appears on 42 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 8 Jul 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- System and process for harvesting substances from milk8 Jul 2025US 12,349,691 B1Creative Edge Design Group, Ltd.
- Fortified milk compositions and their processes of preparation27 Aug 2024US 12,070,044 B2Aquero Canada Ltd.
- Microfiltration of human milk to reduce bacterial contamination7 Nov 2023US 11,805,785 B2Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.
- Methods for extracting milk protein from expired or spoiled milk19 Sep 2023US 11,758,922 B2Mi Terro Inc.
- Low-bacteria milk powders with a high whey protein nitrogen index (IV)28 Dec 2021US 11,206,842 B2DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH
- System and process for harvesting substances from milk9 Oct 2025US 2025/0311743 A1Creative Edge Design Group, Ltd.
- Fortified milk compositions and their processes of preparation19 Dec 2024US 2024/0415138 A1Aquero Canada Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing semi-hard cheese21 Nov 2024US 2024/0381890 A1
- Novel process for preparing an isolate of cationic whey proteins and the product thus obtained1 Feb 2024US 2024/0032554 A1Savencia SA
- Methods for Extracting Milk Protein from Expired or Spoiled Milk31 Mar 2022US 2022/0095645 A1Mi Terro Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for producing milk with a lowered bacterial content52US 4,876,100 AAlfa-Laval Food & Dairy Engineering AB · 1989
- Product and process of making sterile milk through dynamic microfiltration48US 5,256,437 APall Corporation · 1993
- Shear separation method and system46US 6,478,969 B2Pall Corporation · 2002
- Production of sterile milk through dynamic microfiltration38US 5,401,523 APall Corporation · 1995
- Process for the sterile filtration of milk35US 5,576,040 ABiotest Pharma GmbH · 1996