A23N
Machines or apparatus for treating harvested fruit, vegetables or flower bulbs in
Official title: MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS (machines for cutting straw or fodder A01F29/00; disintegrating, e.g. shredding, B02C; severing, e.g. cutting, splitting, slicing B26B, B26D)
A23N (Machines or apparatus for treating harvested fruit, vegetables or flower bulbs in) appears on 2,365 US grants and 1,980 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 2,365
- Published applications
- 1,980
- Assignees
- 1,172
- Inventors
- 4,207
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 45 | 0 |
| 1977 | 40 | 0 |
| 1978 | 47 | 0 |
| 1979 | 37 | 0 |
| 1980 | 51 | 0 |
| 1981 | 39 | 0 |
| 1982 | 44 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 56 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 38 | 0 |
| 1987 | 35 | 0 |
| 1988 | 50 | 0 |
| 1989 | 44 | 0 |
| 1990 | 38 | 0 |
| 1991 | 42 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 43 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 52 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 13 |
| 2002 | 34 | 24 |
| 2003 | 43 | 42 |
| 2004 | 26 | 36 |
| 2005 | 20 | 59 |
| 2006 | 27 | 50 |
| 2007 | 28 | 54 |
| 2008 | 24 | 47 |
| 2009 | 24 | 65 |
| 2010 | 33 | 61 |
| 2011 | 22 | 62 |
| 2012 | 37 | 55 |
| 2013 | 36 | 67 |
| 2014 | 58 | 104 |
| 2015 | 66 | 92 |
| 2016 | 57 | 120 |
| 2017 | 70 | 110 |
| 2018 | 59 | 105 |
| 2019 | 80 | 132 |
| 2020 | 90 | 131 |
| 2021 | 86 | 121 |
| 2022 | 65 | 115 |
| 2023 | 76 | 110 |
| 2024 | 87 | 96 |
| 2025 | 72 | 51 |
| 2026 | 46 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- A23N 12/00Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables577
- A23N 15/00Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human463
- A23N 1/00Machines or apparatus for extracting juice435
- A23N 7/00Peeling vegetables or fruit320
- A23N 17/00Apparatus specially adapted for preparing animal feeding-stuffs294
- A23N 4/00Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by223
- A23N 5/00Machines for hulling, husking or cracking nuts220
- A23N 3/00Machines for coring or stoning fruit, characterised by their feeding device30
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By later US patents
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