A23F 5/38
Agglomerating, flaking or tabletting or granulating
Official title: Agglomerating, flaking or tabletting {or granulating}
A23F5/38 (Agglomerating, flaking or tabletting or granulating) appears on 66 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23F- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 13 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Capsule and production and use thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,741,807 B2Delica AG
- Extraction device and mechanisms, and use in recycling beverage capsules14 Apr 2026US 12,599,942 B2Recycap Technologies, S.L.
- Soluble coffee powder9 Dec 2025US 12,490,755 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Coffee composition and items made therefrom25 Nov 2025US 12,478,076 B2The Folger Coffee Company
- Solid food, compression-molded food powder product, solid milk, and compression-molded powdered milk product having reduced fracture stress15 Jul 2025US 12,357,015 B2Meiji Co., Ltd.
- Fruit-based freeze-dried edibles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306515 A1
- Composition for forming a beverage23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206789 A1Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Coffee product28 May 2026US 2026/0144270 A1Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Process for preparing a coffee product28 May 2026US 2026/0144271 A1Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Soluble coffee powder16 Apr 2026US 2026/0101907 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Soluble coffee beverage product52US 5,882,716 ANestec S. A. · 1999
- Rapidly soluble flavored instant coffee product41US 5,433,962 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1995
- Beverage topping37US 5,997,936 ANestec S. A. · 1999
- Method for producing agglomerated powders and apparatus for performing the method36US 3,966,975 AAktieselskabet Niro Atomizer · 1976
- Low density soluble coffee products having increased particle strength and rapid hot water solubility34US 5,741,538 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1998