A23L 7/117
Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type
Official title: Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type; Semi-finished or partly-finished products therefor (cereal granules or flakes to be cooked and eaten hot A23L7/143; cereal germ products A23L7/152)
A23L7/117 (Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type) appears on 1,177 US grants and 1,514 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23L- Granted patents
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| 2024 | 23 | 36 |
| 2025 | 21 | 26 |
| 2026 | 15 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23L 7/122Coated, filled, multilayered or hollow ready-to-eat cereals352
- A23L 7/13Snacks or the like obtained by oil frying of a formed cereal310
- A23L 7/126Snacks or the like obtained by binding, shaping or compacting together cereal304
- A23L 7/135Individual or non-extruded flakes, granules or shapes having similar size208
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- Snack bar17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271983 A1Torr Bar Ltd.
- Hollow snack product and process for preparation thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240212 A1Remind Foods Pvt. Ltd.
- Vegetable Containing Snack Product13 Aug 2026US 2026/0231957 A1Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
- Vision-based food product reformulation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215465 A1General Mills, Inc.
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