Y02W 30/74
Recovery of fats, fatty oils, fatty acids or other fatty substances
Official title: Recovery of fats, fatty oils, fatty acids or other fatty substances, e.g. lanolin or waxes
Y02W30/74 (Recovery of fats, fatty oils, fatty acids or other fatty substances) appears on 428 US grants and 483 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02W- Granted patents
- 428
- Published applications
- 483
- Assignees
- 302
- Inventors
- 1,000
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 14 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 | 3 | 13 |
| 2007 | 4 | 13 |
| 2008 | 4 | 18 |
| 2009 | 7 | 26 |
| 2010 | 7 | 21 |
| 2011 | 12 | 34 |
| 2012 | 15 | 24 |
| 2013 | 28 | 34 |
| 2014 | 18 | 28 |
| 2015 | 25 | 24 |
| 2016 | 22 | 21 |
| 2017 | 26 | 32 |
| 2018 | 24 | 18 |
| 2019 | 17 | 28 |
| 2020 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021 | 22 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 12 | 26 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Corn sweet steeping16 Jun 2026US 12,653,218 B2Danisco US Inc.
- Compositions for producing fermentation products16 Jun 2026US 12,655,402 B2Novozymes A/S
- Hydrothermal purification process19 May 2026US 12,630,772 B2Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Method for the separate extraction of rice bran oil and rice bran waxes14 Apr 2026US 12,600,920 B2Rb Process SA
- Endogenous lipase for metal reduction in distillers corn oil24 Mar 2026US 12,584,150 B2POET Research, Inc.
- Endogenous lipase for metal reduction in distillers corn oil20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242831 A1
- Hydrothermal purification process30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218067 A1Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Fractionation of crude tall oil16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201271 A1Stora Enso OYJ
- Removal of impurities from tall oil feed by solvent precipitation4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368920 A1Neste Oyj
- Method for upgrading low-value and waste fats, oils, and greases20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354084 A1Reg Synthetic Fuels, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of processing ethanol byproducts and related subsystems133US 7,601,858 B2Gs Cleantech Corporation · 2009
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- Bio-based oil composition and method for producing the same54US 8,962,059 B1The Superior Oil Company · 2015
- Method of recovering oil from thin stillage53US 8,008,517 B2Gs Cleantech Corporation · 2011
- Methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct53US 8,778,433 B2Fluid-Quip, Inc. · 2014