A23L 5/13
Using water or steam
Official title: {using water or steam}
A23L5/13 (Using water or steam) appears on 413 US grants and 636 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
- 413
- Published applications
- 636
- Assignees
- 307
- Inventors
- 1,262
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 3 | 17 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17 |
| 2013 | 6 | 24 |
| 2014 | 21 | 24 |
| 2015 | 14 | 38 |
| 2016 | 11 | 22 |
| 2017 | 21 | 38 |
| 2018 | 21 | 47 |
| 2019 | 29 | 69 |
| 2020 | 25 | 47 |
| 2021 | 26 | 50 |
| 2022 | 36 | 40 |
| 2023 | 21 | 35 |
| 2024 | 24 | 29 |
| 2025 | 17 | 22 |
| 2026 | 13 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Process for cooking grains29 Sep 2026US 12,745,787 B2OSI Industries, Inc.
- Food cartridges and carriers for use in a cooking device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,873 B2Home Tech Innovation, Inc.
- Liquified potato product and process15 Sep 2026US 12,733,663 B2McCain Foods Limited
- Systems and methods for steam heating8 Sep 2026US 12,727,701 B2Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc.
- Preparation method of easy-to-cook whole grain based on microwave-induced cracking4 Aug 2026US 12,696,917 B2Institute of Food Processing, HAAS
- Flavoring mechanism for steam oven8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305656 A1
- Automated cooking system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305870 A1
- Process for an instant fried noodle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293941 A1Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Instant food mixture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293942 A1Abu Dhabi University
- Instant snack bar mixture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293944 A1Abu Dhabi University
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- Subatmospheric pressure cook-and-hold steaming oven97US 5,235,903 A1993
- Independent control of a flavor enhancement chamber and a food preparation chamber for a food preparation device85US 6,903,310 B1Electra Wave Corporation · 2005
- Can cooker83US 8,747,933 B12014
- Method and device for cooking food such as rice81US 9,295,354 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V. · 2016
- Portable can cooker apparatus and method78US 9,642,487 B12017