A47J 31/007
Apparatus for making beverages: for brewing on a large scale
Official title: {for brewing on a large scale, e.g. for restaurants, or for use with more than one brewing container}
A47J31/007 (Apparatus for making beverages: for brewing on a large scale) appears on 127 US grants and 111 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 111
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 224
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System for automated color customization of beverages9 Jun 2026US 12,651,285 B2Starbucks Corporation
- Brewing system for liquids such as coffee2 Jun 2026US 12,642,384 B1Torr Industries, Inc.
- Beverage brewing systems and methods5 May 2026US 12,616,327 B2Sensio Inc.
- System, method, and apparatus for a beverage producing and dispensing apparatus including automatic scheduling17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272214 A1Bunn Commercial LP
- Automatic drip coffee machine19 Jun 2025US 2025/0194850 A1Nobletree Co., Ltd.
- Methods for producing liquid extracts6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072647 A1Kalenian Coffee Consulting LLC
- Systems, methods, and devices, for parallel extraction of beverages27 Feb 2025US 2025/0064256 A1Starbucks Corporation
- Automatic station comprising a tool for processing of edible liquids and assembly method thereof27 Feb 2025US 2025/0065516 A1Makr Shakr Srl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic infusion-beverage apparatus125US 5,072,660 A1991
- High speed, high volume coffee making apparatus and method96US 4,470,999 A1984
- Coffee machine with product selectivity94US 5,158,793 A1992
- Computer controlled brewing apparatus93US 6,095,031 ABloomfield Industries Canada Limited · 2000
- Appliance for preparation of hot drinks82US 5,408,917 A1995