A23L 15/20
Addition of proteins
Official title: {Addition of proteins, e.g. hydrolysates, fats, carbohydrates, natural plant hydrocolloids; Addition of animal or vegetable substances containing proteins, fats, or carbohydrates}
A23L15/20 (Addition of proteins) appears on 196 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 177
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 382
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 18 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Shaped, ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat egg product having low amounts of binder additive21 Jul 2026US 12,685,326 B2Cargill, Incorporation
- Prepared foods having high efficacy omega-6/omega-3 balanced polyunsaturated fatty acids26 May 2026US 12,635,720 B2Omega Foods, LLC
- Expanded foam for delivery of functional ingredients2 Dec 2025US 12,484,600 B2
- Process for encapsulating solid and liquid additives for foodstuffs21 Oct 2025US 12,446,609 B2Deutsches Institut FüR Lebensmitteltechnik E.V.
- Human and non-human animal use of microbial anaplerotic oil29 Apr 2025US 12,285,034 B2Heliae Development, LLC
- Whole-egg-based liquid foods and methods of preparing whole-egg-based liquid foods30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114482 A1HBF Sustainable Food Lab LLC
- Composition for substituting egg white30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114483 A1Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Soft-cooked eggs23 Apr 2026US 2026/0107960 A1Michael Foods, Inc.
- Non-animal based protein sources with functional properties19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078168 A1Clara Foods Co.
- Expanded foam for delivery of functional ingredients26 Feb 2026US 2026/0053172 A1Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for the heterotrophic production of microbial products with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids354US 5,130,242 APhycotech, Inc. · 1992
- 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
- 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
- Food product containing thraustochytrium and/or schizochytrium microflora and an additional agricultural based ingredient100US 5,908,622 AOmegaTech, Inc. · 1999