A23G 3/0002
Processes of manufacture not relating to composition and compounding ingredients
Official title: {Processes of manufacture not relating to composition and compounding ingredients}
A23G3/0002 (Processes of manufacture not relating to composition and compounding ingredients) appears on 464 US grants and 1,058 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23G- Granted patents
- 464
- Published applications
- 1,058
- Assignees
- 321
- Inventors
- 1,709
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 36 |
| 2004 | 12 | 70 |
| 2005 | 9 | 45 |
| 2006 | 15 | 73 |
| 2007 | 7 | 53 |
| 2008 | 15 | 49 |
| 2009 | 14 | 54 |
| 2010 | 23 | 43 |
| 2011 | 25 | 51 |
| 2012 | 24 | 40 |
| 2013 | 20 | 43 |
| 2014 | 23 | 46 |
| 2015 | 27 | 48 |
| 2016 | 15 | 40 |
| 2017 | 29 | 41 |
| 2018 | 24 | 42 |
| 2019 | 24 | 23 |
| 2020 | 21 | 44 |
| 2021 | 16 | 25 |
| 2022 | 18 | 37 |
| 2023 | 18 | 42 |
| 2024 | 16 | 31 |
| 2025 | 27 | 32 |
| 2026 | 16 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23G 3/0004Processes specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery200
- A23G 3/0063Coating or filling sweetmeats or confectionery174
- A23G 3/0097Decorating sweetmeats or confectionery103
- A23G 3/0095Coating by tumbling with a liquid or powder, spraying device-associated, drum, rotating42
- A23G 3/0091Coating by casting of liquids17
- A23G 3/0051Candy-pulling processes13
- A23G 3/0093Coating by dipping in a liquid, at the surface of which another12
- A23G 3/0044Sugar-cookers processing11
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for delivering an API-containing liquid to an edible substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,751,915 B2Transport Authority, Inc.
- Packaging a comestible without conditioning1 Sep 2026US 12,721,360 B2Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
- Apparatus and method for dosing and feeding a fluid or pasty mixture into moulds, in particular a chocolate-based mixture18 Aug 2026US 12,708,123 B2Soremartec S.A.
- Liquid-holding edible object21 Jul 2026US 12,685,322 B2
- Methods of covering frozen food products in chocolate30 Jun 2026US 12,667,116 B2Tru Fru, LLC
- Work-saving improvements for food-process lines8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307098 A1Nothum Manufacturing Company
- Methods and machines for making oral products8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307315 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Prebiotic Fiber Candy and Method of Making the Same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283183 A1
- Systems and methods for manufacturing improved gummy supplement coating24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283184 A1MeriCal, LLC
- Starch based gelatine replacement products10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262677 A1KMC Kartoffelmelcentralen AMBA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Delivery systems for functional ingredients55US 7,067,150 B2Scepter Holdings, Inc. · 2006
- Method for imprinting confectionery products with edible ink54US 5,834,047 A1998
- Method for applying solid edible particulates to an edible substrate50US 7,736,681 B2Nestec S. A. · 2010
- Process for molding chocolate to make chocolate block having ornamental pattern and internal hollow cavity49US 4,421,773 AAkutagawa Chocolate Co., Ltd. · 1983
- Coated degradable chewing gum with improved shelf life and process for preparing same44US 7,507,427 B2Gumlink A/S · 2009