C12C 1/02
Pretreatment of grains
Official title: Pretreatment of grains, e.g. washing, steeping
C12C1/02 (Pretreatment of grains) appears on 39 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12C- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 166
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus to wash and hydrate rice for production of flour and starch23 Dec 2025US 12,502,675 B2Corn Products Development, Inc.
- Methods for moisture removal and pest control of grains17 Sep 2024US 12,091,646 B2Fermentation Technology Services
- Refined cereal-based beverages9 Jul 2024US 12,031,114 B2Carlsberg Breweries A/S
- Black malt and method for forming black malt9 Apr 2024US 11,952,561 B2Malteurop North America, Inc.
- Blood culture bottles with mechanisms for controlled release of substances into culture media12 Dec 2023US 11,840,719 B2Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Modified distiller's grains, preparation method thereof, and use thereof7 May 2026US 2026/0125624 A1Moutai Institute
- Method of accelerating malting process28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270484 A1Malteurop North America, Inc.
- Method for producing flavored malted cereals3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215363 A1Boortmalt NV
- Malt production method and method for improving antioxidant activity of malt3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215364 A1L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Continuous production of dried malted grains12 Jun 2025US 2025/0188391 A1Heineken Supply Chain B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for treating cereal kernels, treated cereal kernels and their use35US 6,449,872 B1LP-Tutkimuskeskus Oy · 2002
- Method of processing seeds or cereal to accelerate natural germination17US 4,315,380 AMaxwell Davidson Limited · 1982
- Automated beer brewing system with vessel for brewing and fermenting13US 9,109,192 B1PicoBrew, Inc. · 2015
- Methods for reducing spoilage in brewery products10US 6,316,034 B1State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University · 2001
- Multiple flow path recirculating brewing system with removable reservoirs9US 9,102,908 B1PicoBrew, Inc. · 2015