C12H 3/04
Methods for reducing the alcohol content of fermented solutions or alcoholic beverage
Official title: using semi-permeable membranes
C12H3/04 (Methods for reducing the alcohol content of fermented solutions or alcoholic beverage) appears on 91 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12H- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods of dewatering of alcoholic solutions via forward osmosis and related systems6 Oct 2026US 12,752,239 B2Porifera, Inc.
- Separation of alcohol using a membrane15 Sep 2026US 12,734,482 B2Altr Fltr Inc.
- Non-alcoholic fermented beer having improved flavour5 Aug 2025US 12,378,507 B2Heineken Supply Chain B. V.
- Methods of separating filamentous fungi and other components from mold-fermented compositions, and uses of separated components15 Jul 2025US 12,359,151 B2Terramino Inc.
- System and method for simultaneously preparing alcohol-free wine and high-alcohol liquor24 Jun 2025US 12,338,420 B2Jiangsu Jiumo High-Tech Co., Ltd.
- Separation methods and systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233170 A1Altr Fltr Inc.
- Low sugar food products with high fiber content16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198535 A1Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Methods and systems for producing improved fermented beverage concentrate26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055351 A1Sustainable Beverage Technologies Inc.
- Low-alcohol or alcohol-free compositions, and methods to produce thereof20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354094 A1Sogrape Vinhos SA
- Method and system for reducing water consumption in a membrane dealcoholization process14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257299 A1GEA Liquid Technologies A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrafiltration of red wines64US 4,834,998 AHeublein, Inc. · 1989
- Mass transfer method and apparatus54US 6,309,550 B1FLS Miljo A/S · 2001
- Osmotic concentration apparatus and method for direct osmotic concentration of fruit juices51US 5,281,430 AOsmotek, Inc. · 1994
- Concentration of alcoholic beverages42US 4,792,402 AA. G. (Patents) Limited · 1988
- Apparatus and method for removing compounds from a solution41US 5,480,665 A1996