A23F 5/46
Coffee flavour
Official title: Coffee flavour; Coffee oil; Flavouring of coffee or coffee extract (synthetic coffee flavours A23L27/28)
A23F5/46 (Coffee flavour) appears on 320 US grants and 367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23F- Granted patents
- 320
- Published applications
- 367
- Assignees
- 143
- Inventors
- 835
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 12 | 28 |
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| 2022 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023 | 9 | 19 |
| 2024 | 17 | 21 |
| 2025 | 4 | 24 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Non-dairy creamer formulation6 Oct 2026US 12,751,472 B2WhiteWave Services, Inc.
- Process for preparing a beverage enriched with natural antioxidants and beverage composition thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,727,604 B2Walters Bay Holdings, LLC
- Taste-modulation of cooling agents in beverages30 Jun 2026US 12,667,122 B2
- Ready-to-drink coffee beverages and method of making thereof10 Mar 2026US 12,568,987 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Method for microfluidic extraction from vegetable oil1 Jul 2025US 12,343,659 B2Chanel Parfums Beaute
- Spray-dried coffee product and production method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240188 A1Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Thermally sterilized milk-containing coffee beverage13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231974 A1Suntory Holdings Limited
- Food raw material and method for producing same and food18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165340 A1Kabaya Foods Corporation
- Method for preparing coffee concentrate14 May 2026US 2026/0130387 A1Agro-products Processing Research Institute, Yunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Sweetened fiber and methods thereof16 Apr 2026US 2026/0101916 A1ZeroIN Foods Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate73US 6,756,069 B2Nestec S. A. · 2004
- Aroma recovery process63US 6,149,957 ANestec S. A. · 2000
- System and method for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate57US 7,223,426 B2Nestec S. A. · 2007
- Coffee aroma recovery process46US 6,592,922 B2Nestec S. A. · 2003
- Infusion beverage product comprising co-agglomerated creamer and sweetener suitable for bag and filter pack brewing44US 5,554,400 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996