C12C 1/00
Preparation of malt
C12C1/00 (Preparation of malt) appears on 126 US grants and 158 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12C- Granted patents
- 126
- Published applications
- 158
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 423
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 10 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12C 1/027Germinating47
- C12C 1/18Preparation of malt extract or of special kinds of malt42
- C12C 1/02Pretreatment of grains39
- C12C 1/067Drying26
- C12C 1/125Continuous or semi-continuous processes for steeping, germinating or drying19
- C12C 1/15Grain or malt turning, charging or discharging apparatus13
- C12C 1/16After-treatment of malt9
Recent patents
- Residue emptying26 May 2026US 12,637,639 B2Buhler AG
- Apparatus to wash and hydrate rice for production of flour and starch23 Dec 2025US 12,502,675 B2Corn Products Development, Inc.
- Photon-induced accelerated enzymes and bioactive compounds accumulation in barley during malting23 Sep 2025US 12,421,481 B2University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- Barley with increased hydrolytic enzyme activity12 Aug 2025US 12,382,892 B2Carlsberg Breweries A/S
- Method for producing a polyphenolic composition from barley malt25 Feb 2025US 12,233,037 B2Aliopharm S.R.L.
- Methods and compositions for a flavor shifting beverage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308492 A1Star Catcher LLC
- Residue emptying3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258326 A1Buhler AG
- Modified distiller's grains, preparation method thereof, and use thereof7 May 2026US 2026/0125624 A1Moutai Institute
- Protein powder13 Nov 2025US 2025/0344720 A1Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.
- Fractions of malted grains and their separation process13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346842 A1Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for drying malt37US 5,637,336 A1997
- Method and apparatus for treating cereal kernels, treated cereal kernels and their use35US 6,449,872 B1LP-Tutkimuskeskus Oy · 2002
- Hydrolases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them21US 8,298,799 B2Dsm IP Assets B.V. · 2012
- Method of processing seeds or cereal to accelerate natural germination17US 4,315,380 AMaxwell Davidson Limited · 1982
- Malt-like flavor from cereal grain root cultures17US 4,613,507 AGeneral Foods Corporation · 1986