B07C 2501/0081
Sorting of food items
B07C2501/0081 (Sorting of food items) appears on 95 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 95
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated foodstuff singulation system29 Sep 2026US 12,749,044 B2Mississippi State University
- System and method for detecting ink marking and ejecting carcass from line1 Sep 2026US 12,721,353 B1Triumph Foods, LLC
- Apparatus, system and method for automated food waste processing1 Sep 2026US 12,723,008 B2Ecotone Renewables PBC
- Apparatus, system and method for automated food waste processing19 May 2026US 12,630,482 B2Ecotone Renewables PBC
- Systems and methods for automated produce grading and sorting using machine vision and robotics24 Feb 2026US 12,558,712 B1Ascension Automation Solutions Ltd.
- Mushroom trimming and sorting system28 May 2026US 2026/0145350 A14AG Robotics Inc.
- Apparatus, System and Method for Automated Food Waste Processing30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116832 A1Ecotone Renewables Co.
- Systems and methods for waste collection, handling, and/or sorting16 Oct 2025US 2025/0319494 A1rStream Recycling Inc.
- Bean sorting method and electronic device for supporting same22 May 2025US 2025/0161992 A1Mindforge Co., Ltd.
- Method and Apparatus for Sorting1 May 2025US 2025/0135500 A1Key Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-band spectral sorting system for light-weight articles74US 6,646,218 B1Key Technology, Inc. · 2003
- Method and plant for mixing and analyzing unhomogeneous flowable foodstuff, fodder or pharmaceutical material43US 5,918,977 AWolfking Danmark A/S · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for selectively processing eggs having identified characteristics36US 7,041,439 B2Embrex, Inc. · 2006
- Method for automatically grouping articles35US 6,779,647 B1imt robot AG · 2004
- Method and device for infrared analysis, especially with regard to food30US 5,308,981 A1994