C11B
Producing
Official title: Producing, e.g. by pressing raw materials or by extraction from waste materials, refining or preserving fats, fatty substances, e.g. lanolin, fatty oils or waxes; essential oils; perfumes (drying-oils c09f)
C11B (Producing) appears on 7,056 US grants and 6,421 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C11B- Granted patents
- 7,056
- Published applications
- 6,421
- Assignees
- 2,124
- Inventors
- 10,634
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 170 | 0 |
| 1977 | 115 | 0 |
| 1978 | 141 | 0 |
| 1979 | 108 | 0 |
| 1980 | 132 | 0 |
| 1981 | 161 | 0 |
| 1982 | 148 | 0 |
| 1983 | 126 | 0 |
| 1984 | 136 | 0 |
| 1985 | 136 | 0 |
| 1986 | 114 | 0 |
| 1987 | 76 | 0 |
| 1988 | 62 | 0 |
| 1989 | 73 | 0 |
| 1990 | 81 | 0 |
| 1991 | 95 | 0 |
| 1992 | 76 | 0 |
| 1993 | 76 | 0 |
| 1994 | 82 | 0 |
| 1995 | 51 | 0 |
| 1996 | 62 | 0 |
| 1997 | 48 | 0 |
| 1998 | 72 | 0 |
| 1999 | 77 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 110 | 32 |
| 2002 | 107 | 104 |
| 2003 | 85 | 129 |
| 2004 | 75 | 137 |
| 2005 | 55 | 127 |
| 2006 | 74 | 121 |
| 2007 | 57 | 128 |
| 2008 | 51 | 166 |
| 2009 | 93 | 149 |
| 2010 | 106 | 216 |
| 2011 | 106 | 430 |
| 2012 | 295 | 425 |
| 2013 | 362 | 644 |
| 2014 | 529 | 385 |
| 2015 | 321 | 319 |
| 2016 | 241 | 343 |
| 2017 | 239 | 333 |
| 2018 | 237 | 317 |
| 2019 | 227 | 264 |
| 2020 | 218 | 271 |
| 2021 | 203 | 301 |
| 2022 | 181 | 249 |
| 2023 | 155 | 246 |
| 2024 | 148 | 244 |
| 2025 | 174 | 216 |
| 2026 | 103 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- C11B 9/00Essential oils2,984
- C11B 1/00Production of fats or fatty oils from raw materials2,379
- C11B 3/00Refining fats or fatty oils1,389
- C11B 13/00Recovery of fats, fatty oils or fatty acids from waste materials432
- C11B 7/00Separation of mixtures of fats or fatty oils into their constituents352
- C11B 5/00Preserving by using additives317
- C11B 11/00Recovery or refining of other fatty substances76
- C11B 15/00Solidifying fatty oils, fats, or waxes by physical processes51
Recent patents
- Recovery method for neutral and lipid components contained in Tall Oil Soap (TOS) or its saponified derivatives: lipid components such as fatty acids (FA), rosinic acids (RA), neutral components or neutral material (NM) including phytosterols6 Oct 2026US 12,753,364 B2American Bioprocess SPA
- VE enrichment system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,233 B2Jj-Lurgi Engineering Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
- Alicyclic alcohol, alicyclic alcohol composition, and perfume composition22 Sep 2026US 12,741,920 B2Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
- Process for making flavor and fragrant compounds8 Sep 2026US 12,729,387 B2Firmenich SA
- Furan compound and its use in fragrance formulations1 Sep 2026US 12,723,033 B2International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- Production method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306577 A1AG IP Company Pty Ltd
- Methods of and systems for a dry milling process with two steps liquefications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306965 A1Lee Tech LLC
- A process and apparatus for refining a vegetable oil8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308475 A1Intreft Pty Ltd
- Solvent vapors absorption system reducing contaminations8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308476 A1Desmet Belgium
- Use of alkyl 4-alkoxypentanoates as aroma chemicals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308477 A1BASF SE
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for the heterotrophic production of microbial products with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids354US 5,130,242 APhycotech, Inc. · 1992
- Plants and seeds of corn variety CV601652284US 8,324,476 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2012
- Two phase extraction of oil from biomass273US 6,166,231 AMartek Biosciences Corporation · 2000
- Arachidonic acid and methods for the production and use thereof206US 5,658,767 AMartek Corporation · 1997
- Solventless extraction process206US 6,750,048 B2Martek Biosciences Corporation · 2004