C12C
Beer
Official title: BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION (ageing or ripening by storing C12H1/22; methods for reducing the alcohol content after fermentation C12H3/00; methods for increasing the alcohol content after fermentation C12H6/00; venting devices for casks, barrels or the like C12L9/00); PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER
C12C (Beer) appears on 1,382 US grants and 1,731 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12C- Granted patents
- 1,382
- Published applications
- 1,731
- Assignees
- 814
- Inventors
- 3,591
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 24 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 10 |
| 2002 | 19 | 31 |
| 2003 | 16 | 37 |
| 2004 | 11 | 33 |
| 2005 | 17 | 38 |
| 2006 | 20 | 35 |
| 2007 | 17 | 44 |
| 2008 | 12 | 48 |
| 2009 | 8 | 84 |
| 2010 | 18 | 61 |
| 2011 | 25 | 47 |
| 2012 | 32 | 53 |
| 2013 | 23 | 43 |
| 2014 | 35 | 70 |
| 2015 | 27 | 95 |
| 2016 | 43 | 78 |
| 2017 | 37 | 87 |
| 2018 | 34 | 111 |
| 2019 | 54 | 113 |
| 2020 | 56 | 124 |
| 2021 | 79 | 86 |
| 2022 | 67 | 71 |
| 2023 | 56 | 104 |
| 2024 | 60 | 80 |
| 2025 | 49 | 89 |
| 2026 | 27 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- C12C 11/00Fermentation processes for beer654
- C12C 5/00Beer: other raw materials for the preparation of beer406
- C12C 7/00Preparation of wort307
- C12C 13/00Brewing devices, not covered by a single group of c12c1/00 - c12c12/04228
- C12C 12/00Processes specially adapted for making special kinds of beer193
- C12C 3/00Treatment of hops180
- C12C 1/00Preparation of malt126
- C12C 9/00Methods specially adapted for the making of beerwort82
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- System and method for flavor maturation in food and beverages8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308493 A1
- Beer-flavored alcoholic beverage and method for producing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308494 A1Kirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Improved hop flavour in canned beer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296760 A1Heineken Supply Chain B. V.
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