A23L 2/56
Flavouring or bittering agents
Official title: Flavouring or bittering agents (sweeteners A23L2/60)
A23L2/56 (Flavouring or bittering agents) appears on 702 US grants and 1,661 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
- 702
- Published applications
- 1,661
- Assignees
- 472
- Inventors
- 2,870
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 11 | 11 |
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| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
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| 2009 | 8 | 40 |
| 2010 | 5 | 51 |
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| 2018 | 33 | 99 |
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| 2020 | 69 | 137 |
| 2021 | 50 | 99 |
| 2022 | 62 | 132 |
| 2023 | 52 | 127 |
| 2024 | 39 | 117 |
| 2025 | 35 | 86 |
| 2026 | 32 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Process for preparing a beverage enriched with natural antioxidants and beverage composition thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,727,604 B2Walters Bay Holdings, LLC
- Powdered food supplement for producing a beverage1 Sep 2026US 12,721,878 B2PM-International AG
- Beverage strip for dissolving in liquid and methods of use and manufacturing thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,708,125 B1Olyxir LLC
- Physiological resilience-maintaining formulations4 Aug 2026US 12,696,914 B1Industria Imperium, LLC
- Preparation of a solid flavour composition, a composition, food comprising the composition and a flavour imparting method4 Aug 2026US 12,696,916 B2Givaudan SA
- Compositions for reducing off notes and uses thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305655 A1Dsm-Firmenich AG
- Salty taste enhancer for food/beverage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305665 A1Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
- Aqueous Dispersions of Hydrophobic Dietary Ingredients and Methods of Preparation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306572 A1
- Systems and techniques for enhancing packaged beverages8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307882 A1Beverage Booster Inc.
- Cocoa powder for beverages and methods of preparing the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293929 A1ODC Lizenz AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Taste-improving composition and application of the same393US 7,851,004 B2San-Ei Gen F. F. I., Inc. · 2010
- Flavors, flavor modifiers, tastants, taste enhancers, umami or sweet tastants, and/or enhancers and use thereof78US 7,476,399 B2Senomyx, Inc. · 2009
- Green tea extract subjected to cation exchange treatment and nanofiltration to improve clarity and color58US 5,879,733 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1999
- Method of using alpha-keto enamine derivatives as ingredients and products incorporating same56US 6,592,884 B2Nestec S. A. · 2003
- Method of reducing bitterness and off-after-taste51US 4,154,862 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1979