A23G 3/00
Sweetmeats
Official title: Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products (chewing gum A23G4/00)
A23G3/00 (Sweetmeats) appears on 4,107 US grants and 4,461 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23G- Granted patents
- 4,107
- Published applications
- 4,461
- Assignees
- 1,757
- Inventors
- 9,541
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 38 | 0 |
| 1977 | 42 | 0 |
| 1978 | 49 | 0 |
| 1979 | 31 | 0 |
| 1980 | 41 | 0 |
| 1981 | 45 | 0 |
| 1982 | 46 | 0 |
| 1983 | 46 | 0 |
| 1984 | 50 | 0 |
| 1985 | 50 | 0 |
| 1986 | 45 | 0 |
| 1987 | 62 | 0 |
| 1988 | 63 | 0 |
| 1989 | 91 | 0 |
| 1990 | 66 | 0 |
| 1991 | 107 | 0 |
| 1992 | 89 | 0 |
| 1993 | 70 | 0 |
| 1994 | 94 | 0 |
| 1995 | 124 | 0 |
| 1996 | 123 | 0 |
| 1997 | 88 | 0 |
| 1998 | 107 | 0 |
| 1999 | 139 | 0 |
| 2000 | 121 | 0 |
| 2001 | 148 | 44 |
| 2002 | 117 | 168 |
| 2003 | 126 | 248 |
| 2004 | 108 | 280 |
| 2005 | 78 | 229 |
| 2006 | 88 | 233 |
| 2007 | 60 | 201 |
| 2008 | 54 | 184 |
| 2009 | 50 | 204 |
| 2010 | 84 | 175 |
| 2011 | 75 | 183 |
| 2012 | 97 | 145 |
| 2013 | 91 | 165 |
| 2014 | 89 | 173 |
| 2015 | 84 | 166 |
| 2016 | 64 | 168 |
| 2017 | 81 | 168 |
| 2018 | 86 | 157 |
| 2019 | 100 | 138 |
| 2020 | 101 | 184 |
| 2021 | 85 | 183 |
| 2022 | 101 | 155 |
| 2023 | 87 | 161 |
| 2024 | 89 | 125 |
| 2025 | 90 | 125 |
| 2026 | 47 | 99 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23G 3/34Sweetmeats, confectionery or marzipan2,861
- A23G 3/02Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery1,638
- A23G 3/0002Processes of manufacture not relating to composition and compounding ingredients464
- A23G 3/32Processes for preparing caramel or sugar colours52
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Bioluminescent novelty items261US 5,876,995 A1999
- Fast dissolving orally comsumable films222US 6,596,298 B2Warner-Lambert Company · 2003
- Cyclone apparatus203US 3,988,133 AAlpha Sheet Metal Works, Inc. · 1976