B01J 13/206
Hardening
Official title: {Hardening; drying}
B01J13/206 (Hardening) appears on 154 US grants and 215 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for hardening microcapsules containing hydrophobic oil droplets92US 3,956,172 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1976
- Method of flavoring and mechanically processing foods with polymer encapsulated flavor oils89US 5,759,599 AGivaudan Roure Flavors Corporation · 1998
- Composition and process for drying and expanding microspheres84US 4,722,943 APierce & Stevens Corporation · 1988
- Process for microencapsulation64US 5,066,436 AGist-Brocades N. V. · 1991
- Oily, free-flowing, microcapsules62US 5,071,706 AEurand America, Inc. · 1991