A23F 5/28
Drying or concentrating coffee extract
Official title: Drying or concentrating coffee extract {(A23F5/246 takes precedence)}
A23F5/28 (Drying or concentrating coffee extract) appears on 138 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23F- Granted patents
- 138
- Published applications
- 148
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 356
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Process to prepare a liquid coffee concentrate with reduced acrylamide content by resin treatment26 May 2026US 12,635,706 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Method of reducing acrylamide in coffee extract and a soluble coffee product10 Mar 2026US 12,568,986 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Soluble coffee powder9 Dec 2025US 12,490,755 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Soluble instant coffee and process for preparation15 Jul 2025US 12,357,003 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Coffee extraction process and coffee product1 Jul 2025US 12,342,834 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Spray-dried coffee product and production method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240188 A1Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Method for preparing coffee concentrate14 May 2026US 2026/0130387 A1Agro-products Processing Research Institute, Yunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Oral composition23 Apr 2026US 2026/0107962 A1Kao Corporation
- Oral composition23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108487 A1Kao Corporation
- Soluble coffee powder16 Apr 2026US 2026/0101907 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Aroma recovery process63US 6,149,957 ANestec S. A. · 2000
- Methods and systems for forming concentrated consumable extracts57US 7,419,692 B1XCafe LLC · 2008
- Dryer and drying method55US 4,702,799 ANestec S. A. · 1987
- Osmotic concentration apparatus and method for direct osmotic concentration of fruit juices51US 5,281,430 AOsmotek, Inc. · 1994
- Soluble espresso coffee49US 5,882,717 AKraft Foods, Inc. · 1999