A23L 2/84
Using microorganisms or biological material
Official title: using microorganisms or biological material, e.g. enzymes
A23L2/84 (Using microorganisms or biological material) appears on 108 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
- 108
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 551
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2025 | 3 | 18 |
| 2026 | 2 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides having epoxy group-removing catalytic activity and use thereof26 May 2026US 12,637,687 B2Shandong Agricultural University
- Reduced calorie beverage or food product and process and apparatus for making same7 Apr 2026US 12,593,856 B2Square Son Intellectual Property, LP
- Proteases for beer haze reduction23 Dec 2025US 12,503,674 B2International N&H Denmark Aps
- Colored foodstuff having a low pH12 Aug 2025US 12,382,977 B2Gnt Group B.V.
- Beverages having clear appearance, shelf stability, high protein, and neutral pH10 Jun 2025US 12,324,450 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Enzymatic agent for lessening sugar in vegetable food or beverage27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248158 A1Amano Enzyme Inc.
- Composite systems and use thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240204 A1Better Juice Ltd.
- Methods for disinfecting enzymatically active composite system and uses thereof in the food industry20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241056 A1Better Juice Ltd.
- Low sugar oat base or oat drink13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231990 A1Oatly AB
- Low sugar food products with high fiber content16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198535 A1Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for making concentrated low calorie fruit juice36US 4,971,813 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1990
- Method and apparatus for producing fruit juices28US 4,275,648 AToyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. · 1981
- Process for removing oxygen in foodstuffs and drinks28US 4,957,749 AOleofina, S.A. · 1990
- Method of treating plant polysaccharides25US 4,478,854 ANovo Industri A/S · 1984
- Process of preparing fruit/vegetable juice and protein emulsion with multi-enzyme system24US 5,738,887 A1998