A23K 40/20
Shaping or working-up of animal feeding-stuffs: by moulding
Official title: by moulding, e.g. making cakes or briquettes
A23K40/20 (Shaping or working-up of animal feeding-stuffs: by moulding) appears on 681 US grants and 947 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23K- Granted patents
- 681
- Published applications
- 947
- Assignees
- 458
- Inventors
- 1,787
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 3 |
| 2002 | 22 | 23 |
| 2003 | 24 | 39 |
| 2004 | 20 | 50 |
| 2005 | 11 | 41 |
| 2006 | 15 | 54 |
| 2007 | 13 | 32 |
| 2008 | 9 | 47 |
| 2009 | 13 | 42 |
| 2010 | 14 | 44 |
| 2011 | 7 | 34 |
| 2012 | 19 | 42 |
| 2013 | 17 | 54 |
| 2014 | 27 | 58 |
| 2015 | 19 | 48 |
| 2016 | 16 | 52 |
| 2017 | 19 | 44 |
| 2018 | 31 | 33 |
| 2019 | 10 | 33 |
| 2020 | 26 | 31 |
| 2021 | 15 | 26 |
| 2022 | 12 | 26 |
| 2023 | 12 | 32 |
| 2024 | 12 | 19 |
| 2025 | 14 | 25 |
| 2026 | 3 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Food product having high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids134US 5,340,594 AOmegaTech, Inc. · 1994
- Microfloral biomass having omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids123US 5,518,918 AOmegaTech, Inc. · 1996
- Apparatus for treating cellulosic materials110US 6,176,176 B1Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University · 2001
- Process for growing thraustochytrium and schizochytrium using non-chloride salts to produce a microfloral biomass having omega-3-highly unsaturated fatty acids104US 5,340,742 AOmegaTech, Inc. · 1994
- Process for treating cellulosic materials101US 6,106,888 ABoard of Trustees operating Michigan State University · 2000