A47J 31/002
Following a specific operational sequence
Official title: {following a specific operational sequence, e.g. for improving the taste of the extraction product}
A47J31/002 (Following a specific operational sequence) appears on 350 US grants and 459 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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