A23C 9/00
Milk preparations
Official title: Milk preparations; Milk powder or milk powder preparations (mixtures of whey with milk products or milk components A23C21/06; preservation of milk or milk preparations A23B11/10)
A23C9/00 (Milk preparations) appears on 3,024 US grants and 4,344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 3,024
- Published applications
- 4,344
- Assignees
- 1,576
- Inventors
- 9,023
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 27 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 28 | 0 |
| 1989 | 47 | 0 |
| 1990 | 53 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 46 | 0 |
| 1995 | 42 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 50 | 0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 0 |
| 1999 | 74 | 0 |
| 2000 | 69 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 29 |
| 2002 | 80 | 92 |
| 2003 | 70 | 113 |
| 2004 | 54 | 130 |
| 2005 | 39 | 142 |
| 2006 | 50 | 114 |
| 2007 | 36 | 124 |
| 2008 | 23 | 130 |
| 2009 | 39 | 156 |
| 2010 | 39 | 223 |
| 2011 | 58 | 159 |
| 2012 | 84 | 160 |
| 2013 | 87 | 175 |
| 2014 | 85 | 189 |
| 2015 | 88 | 196 |
| 2016 | 84 | 188 |
| 2017 | 86 | 212 |
| 2018 | 111 | 190 |
| 2019 | 104 | 215 |
| 2020 | 139 | 241 |
| 2021 | 131 | 218 |
| 2022 | 140 | 251 |
| 2023 | 112 | 226 |
| 2024 | 92 | 190 |
| 2025 | 117 | 151 |
| 2026 | 76 | 130 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23C 9/12Fermented milk preparations1,737
- A23C 9/152Containing additives883
- A23C 9/14In which the chemical composition of the milk is modified by non-chemical491
- A23C 9/20Dietetic milk products not covered by groups a23c9/12 - a23c9/18255
- A23C 9/15Reconstituted or recombined milk products containing neither non-milk fat nor non-milk proteins199
- A23C 9/16Agglomerating or granulating milk powder79
- A23C 9/18Milk in dried and compressed or semi-solid form39
- A23C 9/005Condensed milk35
Recent patents
- Method of producing allolactose6 Oct 2026US 12,753,425 B2Chr. Hansen A/S
- Human milk oligosaccharides for improving resistance of organism against Staphylococcus aureus Infection29 Sep 2026US 12,746,250 B2Inner Mongolia Dairy Tech Res Institute Co Ltd
- Milk and oat food product22 Sep 2026US 12,740,573 B2Midwest Yogurt, Inc.
- Method for producing skim milk powder22 Sep 2026US 12,740,574 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
- Powdered compositions containing an edible oil and their use in food products15 Sep 2026US 12,733,655 B2FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
- Novel lactobacillus strains8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305633 A1Dsm IP Assets B.V.
- Concentrated milk protein preparations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305634 A150G Inc.
- Compositions and methods for improving immune health8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305635 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Method of preparing improved pasta filata cheese and said pasta filata cheese8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305637 A1Arla Foods Amba
- Hierarchical fatty acid architecture and mammalian lipid metabolic system for nutritional compositions and methods of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306433 A1Goldie Formula Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pharmaceutical and cosmetic carrier or composition for topical application284US 6,911,211 B2Foamix Ltd. · 2005
- Transgenic bovine266US 5,741,957 APharming B.V. · 1998
- Probiotic recolonisation therapy240US 8,460,648 B22013
- DNA sequences to target proteins to the mammary gland for efficient secretion214US 5,304,489 AGenPharm International, Inc. · 1994
- Method of stabilizing an .omega.-3 unsaturated fatty acid compound168US 5,567,730 AMaruha Corporation · 1996