A23C 9/16
Agglomerating or granulating milk powder
Official title: Agglomerating or granulating milk powder; Making instant milk powder; Products obtained thereby (A23C9/18 takes precedence)
A23C9/16 (Agglomerating or granulating milk powder) appears on 79 US grants and 140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23C- Granted patents
- 79
- Published applications
- 140
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 311
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Infant formula milk powder rich in milk fat globule membrane protein, phospholipids and oligosaccharides and preparation method therefor7 Oct 2025US 12,433,301 B2Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd.
- Nozzle arrangement for a powder handling apparatus19 Aug 2025US 12,389,921 B2Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Thickened formula for allergic infants13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231999 A1N. V. Nutricia
- Human milk fortifier26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083144 A1Saurin Enterprises PL
- Method for concentrating or dehydrating liquid food products, use of electrospraying to concentrate or dehydrate liquid food products and food product4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275547 A1Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
- Method for producing solid food product, and method for producing solid milk including hardening treatement3 Jul 2025US 2025/0212904 A1Meiji Co., Ltd.
- Process for making a dairy beverage with improved nutrition22 May 2025US 2025/0160352 A1Maple Hill Creamery, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process and spray drying apparatus for producing stable particle agglomerates36US 5,100,509 AA/S Niro Atomizer · 1992
- Agglomeration process33US 4,640,839 ANestec S. A. · 1987
- Food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents and methods of use thereof31US 9,474,725 B1PoViva Tea, LLC · 2016
- Water-dispersible composition and process for production29US 4,021,582 ASociete d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S. A. · 1977
- Method and apparatus for making agglomerated product26US 5,773,061 AAPV Anhydro A/S · 1998