A23N 15/06
Devices for other treatment of fruit
Official title: Devices for other treatment of fruit, e.g. marking, maturing, polishing
A23N15/06 (Devices for other treatment of fruit) appears on 63 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 153
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Seaweed processing plant16 Dec 2025US 12,497,206 B2Redrose Developments Ltd.
- Systems and methods for extracting volatile components from produce3 Jun 2025US 12,318,725 B2Brown International Corporation
- Method and apparatus for increased recovery of oil from lemons and other citrus fruits using desorption4 Mar 2025US 12,239,157 B2Brown International Corporation
- Processing pomace from grape crush to harvest grape seeds12 Nov 2024US 12,137,721 B2Welch Foods Inc.
- Predictive demand-based produce ripening system16 Jul 2024US 12,035,740 B2Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Systems and Methods for Extracting Volatile Components from Produce28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269299 A1Brown International Corporation
- Rfid system and method for monitoring the degree of ripeness of a plurality of fruits15 May 2025US 2025/0156669 A1Ilip S.R.L.
- Coconut drilling, tapping, and flavoring device and method therefor6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072461 A1Monarch Media, LLC
- Methods for infiltrating sweet ingredients or useful ingredients for human body into fruits or vegetables and apparatus used in the methods13 Feb 2025US 2025/0049083 A1
- A seaweed processing plant19 Sep 2024US 2024/0308710 A1Redrose Developments Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of laser marking of produce47US 5,660,747 AAtrion Medical Products, Inc. · 1997
- Produce marking system44US 5,897,797 AAtrion Medical Product. Inc. · 1999
- Apparatus for separating dried fruit aggregates19US 3,933,086 AThe Pillsbury Company · 1976
- Apparatus for producing a vegetable product19US 5,060,563 A1991
- Agricultural skin grafting19US 9,744,542 B2Apeel Technology, Inc. · 2017