B02B 3/00
Hulling
Official title: Hulling; Husking; Decorticating (decorticating textile fibres D01B1/14); Polishing; Removing the awns (in threshing machines A01F12/42); Degerming
B02B3/00 (Hulling) appears on 242 US grants and 142 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02B- Granted patents
- 242
- Published applications
- 142
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 372
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and device for cooperative control of rice hulling and rice polishing, and storage medium19 May 2026US 12,629,692 B2Central South University of Forestry and Technology
- Apparatus and method for producing hulled spelt seeds3 Feb 2026US 12,539,517 B2LEHNER Maschinenbau GmbH
- Dehulling system for soft-shelled nuts4 Nov 2025US 12,458,974 B2Jose Borrell S.A.
- Systems and methods for extracting and isolating purified wheat embryo products7 Oct 2025US 12,434,249 B2Tritica Biosciences, LLC
- Method of preparing a first break wheat which maintains wheat germ intact and surrounded in a protected state by endosperm12 Aug 2025US 12,382,975 B1
- Flow rate control mechanism of rice milling machine23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208199 A1Satake Corporation
- Impact ring and improved dehulling device8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008059 A1Buhler AG
- Systems and methods for extracting and isolating purified wheat embryo products4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367676 A1Tritica Biosciences, LLC
- Systems and methods for dry embryo explant purification27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360511 A1
- Process for the production of whole semolina23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325990 A1Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for recovery of corn coarse fiber (pericarp)70US 6,254,914 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2001
- Process for the production of animal feed and ethanol and novel animal feed69US 7,494,675 B2Archer Daniels Midland Company · 2009
- Processes for recovery of corn germ and optionally corn coarse fiber (pericarp)53US 6,899,910 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2005
- Method and apparatus for preparation of genetically transformable plant tissue50US 7,402,734 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2008
- Impact rice huller49US 4,800,810 AYamamoto Limited · 1989