A23N 4/00
Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by
Official title: Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device (for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections A23N7/08; domestic devices for stoning fruit A47J23/00, for coring fruit A47J25/00)
A23N4/00 (Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by) appears on 223 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 223
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 367
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 4 |
| 2016 | 8 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A23N 4/12Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by106
- A23N 4/02Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by99
- A23N 4/24Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by15
- A23N 4/22Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by13
Recent patents
- Power-assisted sweet corn kernel remover10 Mar 2026US 12,569,000 B2Moss Lane Ranch, LLC
- Machine for sectioning the core of a fruit27 Jan 2026US 12,532,905 B2A.B.L. S.R.L.
- Pear feeding method and apparatus for multi-lane processing24 Jun 2025US 12,336,558 B2
- Pressurized steam pitting apparatus and process15 Apr 2025US 12,274,287 B2Desert Valley Date, Inc.
- Device and method for separating substances of different flowability that are mixed together25 Feb 2025US 12,233,618 B2Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG
- Pressurized steam pitting apparatus and process3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256178 A1Desert Valley Date, Inc.
- Automated produce de-seeding and pulp extraction machine19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076400 A1Vebu Inc.
- Method for Automated Extraction of pulp, juice and other products from an encapsulated fruit, produce, or seed19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076401 A1Vebu Inc.
- Method and system for singulating and dispensing an object, fruit or produce19 Mar 2026US 2026/0076493 A1Vebu Inc.
- Method and Apparatus for Pitting Fruit8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007159 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Food processing apparatus40US 4,453,458 A1984
- Food wedger29US 5,421,249 AMilton Industries, Inc. · 1995
- Cutting device28US 5,101,718 A1992
- Method and apparatus for selective pitting of fruits of the drupe type24US 4,206,697 ACalifornia Processing Machinery · 1980
- Asynchronous fruit sorter apparatus24US 4,901,861 AClayton Durand Manufacturing Company · 1990