A23F 3/40
Tea flavour
Official title: Tea flavour; Tea oil; Flavouring of tea or tea extract (synthetic tea flavours A23L27/20)
A23F3/40 (Tea flavour) appears on 200 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23F- Granted patents
- 200
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 144
- Inventors
- 686
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 14 |
| 2010 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 15 |
| 2017 | 6 | 19 |
| 2018 | 9 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 | 32 |
| 2020 | 14 | 33 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022 | 15 | 35 |
| 2023 | 10 | 16 |
| 2024 | 13 | 24 |
| 2025 | 8 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flavor modifying proteins and food products comprising the same12 May 2026US 12,624,069 B2Amai Proteins Ltd.
- Solid composition having floral scent5 May 2026US 12,616,223 B2Suntory Holdings Limited
- Fasting mimicking diet5 May 2026US 12,616,232 B2University of Southern California
- Beverages composed of fruit and/or vegetable components31 Mar 2026US 12,590,275 B2
- Flavor or aroma deterioration inhibitor containing theanaphthoquinone and analogues thereof as active ingredient24 Mar 2026US 12,582,592 B2Ogawa & Co., Ltd.
- Tea compositions comprising paraxanthine and methods of production thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305643 A1
- Beverages composed of fruit and/or vegetable components and methods for producing the same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258328 A1
- Prevention and reversal of the formation of undesirable aromas and flavors in beverages and food products2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182607 A1CERIA, Inc.
- Gum acacia-free and weighting agent-free emulsions7 May 2026US 2026/0123645 A1Abstrax Tech Inc.
- Flavored composition30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114486 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flavor enhancing and modifying materials193US 4,612,942 AStevia Company, Inc. · 1986
- Food supplement concentrate in a dense glasseous extrudate58US 4,232,047 AGriffith Laboratories U.S.A., Inc. · 1980
- Beverages53US 4,946,701 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1990
- Method and device for flavoring tea and tea-like products50US 5,927,052 ATeepak Spezialmaschinen GmbH · 1999
- Aromatic granulated material46US 6,056,949 AGivaudan Roure (International) SA · 2000