A23N 12/00
Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables
Official title: Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts (methods for treating, e.g. roasting, coffee or cocoa, A23F, A23G; cleaning, e.g. washing, or drying grain B02B1/00; separating solids from solids for cleaning B07B; cleaning in general B08B; heating devices per se, see the relevant classes, e.g. F24; drying machines in general F26B)
A23N12/00 (Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables) appears on 577 US grants and 573 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 577
- Published applications
- 573
- Assignees
- 330
- Inventors
- 1,112
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 5 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 | 13 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 19 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 8 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 15 | 20 |
| 2015 | 11 | 16 |
| 2016 | 11 | 34 |
| 2017 | 17 | 34 |
| 2018 | 19 | 36 |
| 2019 | 22 | 39 |
| 2020 | 20 | 38 |
| 2021 | 32 | 39 |
| 2022 | 23 | 34 |
| 2023 | 24 | 54 |
| 2024 | 33 | 34 |
| 2025 | 27 | 15 |
| 2026 | 22 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23N 12/08Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables: for drying305
- A23N 12/02Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables: for washing215
- A23N 12/06Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables: for washing31
- A23N 12/005Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables: for dry-cleaning30
Recent patents
- Method for roasting coffee beans29 Sep 2026US 12,745,791 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Methods and systems for validating wash processes and preventing process deviations in food processing15 Sep 2026US 12,733,668 B2Smartwash Solutions, LLC
- Intelligent separation method for peanut kernel and red coat15 Sep 2026US 12,733,669 B2Qingdao Huanghai University
- Roasting system25 Aug 2026US 12,714,131 B2Intelligent Bean Co.
- Method to check a coffee beans roasting system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,151 B2Societe des Produits Nestle S. A.
- Assembly for processing fruit and vegetable products8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305673 A1Unitec S.P.A.
- Non-invasive breadfruit roaster and methods of using same to evenly roast breadfruit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305674 A1
- System and method for roasting coffee beans1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293958 A1Puroast Patent Holding Company LLC
- Systems and methods for agricultural product receiving, cleaning, and weighing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283213 A1The Amalgamated Sugar Company
- Apparatus for roasting coffee beans24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283214 A1
Most cited
By later US patents