C12H
Pasteurisation, sterilisation, preservation, purification, clarification or ageing of alcoholic beverages
Official title: Pasteurisation, sterilisation, preservation, purification, clarification or ageing of alcoholic beverages; methods for altering the alcohol content of fermented solutions or alcoholic beverages (simulation ageing by flavouring c12g3/06)
C12H (Pasteurisation, sterilisation, preservation, purification, clarification or ageing of alcoholic beverages) appears on 1,120 US grants and 1,382 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12H- Granted patents
- 1,120
- Published applications
- 1,382
- Assignees
- 812
- Inventors
- 2,769
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 9 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15 |
| 2003 | 14 | 41 |
| 2004 | 6 | 31 |
| 2005 | 17 | 36 |
| 2006 | 25 | 43 |
| 2007 | 16 | 30 |
| 2008 | 11 | 31 |
| 2009 | 13 | 43 |
| 2010 | 17 | 65 |
| 2011 | 15 | 39 |
| 2012 | 23 | 48 |
| 2013 | 12 | 38 |
| 2014 | 30 | 52 |
| 2015 | 31 | 59 |
| 2016 | 32 | 79 |
| 2017 | 27 | 53 |
| 2018 | 35 | 77 |
| 2019 | 45 | 82 |
| 2020 | 57 | 99 |
| 2021 | 44 | 88 |
| 2022 | 53 | 75 |
| 2023 | 52 | 74 |
| 2024 | 48 | 65 |
| 2025 | 54 | 64 |
| 2026 | 30 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- C12H 1/00Pasteurisation, sterilisation, preservation, purification, clarification, or ageing of alcoholic beverages932
- C12H 3/00Methods for reducing the alcohol content of fermented solutions or alcoholic beverage146
- C12H 6/00Methods for increasing the alcohol content of fermented solutions or alcoholic beverages102
Recent patents
- Methods of dewatering of alcoholic solutions via forward osmosis and related systems6 Oct 2026US 12,752,239 B2Porifera, Inc.
- Feedstock solution flow concentration system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,511 B2Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- Separation of alcohol using a membrane15 Sep 2026US 12,734,482 B2Altr Fltr Inc.
- System for maturing large quantities of wine15 Sep 2026US 12,735,662 B2
- Method and system for the filtration and stabilization of ultra-high gravity alcoholic beverages11 Aug 2026US 12,703,843 B2Porifera, Inc.
- Composition and method for making distilled spirit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308496 A1Brother Justus Whiskey Co.
- Improved container assembly for aging liquid1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296720 A1Bit365
- Clarifying agents1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297475 A1PQ Corporation
- Apparatus for affecting certain characteristics of wine and spirits1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297477 A1Virtue Wine and Spirits
- Low-alcohol beer-like beverage and method for producing low-alcohol beer-like beverage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297478 A1Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nanofiber filter media194US 6,872,311 B2Koslow Technologies Corporation · 2005
- Microporous filter media, filtration systems containing same, and methods of making and using143US 6,835,311 B2Koslow Technologies Corporation · 2004
- Microporous filter media, filtration systems containing same, and methods of making and using114US 6,630,016 B2Koslow Technologies Corporation · 2003
- Purification of fluids with nanomaterials104US 7,211,320 B1Seldon Technologies, LLC · 2007
- Nanomesh article and method of using the same for purifying fluids88US 7,419,601 B2Seldon Technologies, LLC · 2008