A23N 4/02
Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by
Official title: for stoning fruit
A23N4/02 (Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by) appears on 99 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A23N- Granted patents
- 99
- Published applications
- 50
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 139
- Latest grant
- 15 Apr 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Fruit cutting method and multi-lane machine23 Jul 2024US 12,041,956 B2
- Pit detection in processed fruit18 Apr 2023US 11,627,754 B2Johnson Foods, Inc.
- Machine for removing seeds8 Nov 2022US 11,490,645 B2A.B.L. S.R.L.
- Pressurized steam pitting apparatus and process3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256178 A1Desert Valley Date, Inc.
- Method and Apparatus for Pitting Fruit8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007159 A1
- Fruit pit removal device16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318677 A1Ardom Regional Enterprizes Ltd
- Pitting And Cutting Process Of Fruit, In Particular Peaches, And The Corresponding Cutting Blades And Multi-Lane Machine22 Aug 2024US 2024/0277021 A1Cti Foodtech S.R.L.
- Water-based cutting mechanism for pitted fruit6 Jun 2024US 2024/0180225 A1Johnson Foods, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Fruit gripper head assembly22US 4,768,428 AImdec S.R.L. · 1988
- Pitting apparatus with box cam; wiping blade, or separating assembly16US 5,870,949 AAshlock Company, a Division of Vistan Corporation · 1999
- Olive pitting and stuffing machine13US 4,096,795 A1978