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Advanced Food Processing Methods
Techniques and equipment for transforming raw food materials into finished products, focusing on efficiency, quality, texture modification, or specific physical alterations like extrusion, drying, or selective material removal.
4,231 US filings from 1,818 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,271 · 2024: 1,367 · 2025: 1,173 · 2026 YTD: 420
Foods & Beverages
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. | 69 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | -56.0% |
| 2 | Cargill, Incorporated | 62 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 8 | -10.5% |
| 3 | CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION | 40 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 4 | -55.6% |
| 4 | General Mills, Inc. | 40 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | +63.6% |
| 5 | NIKON CORPORATION | 38 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 8 | +166.7% |
| 6 | THE FYNDER GROUP, INC. | 37 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | -72.2% |
| 7 | DISCO CORPORATION | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 7 | -71.4% |
| 8 | AMANO ENZYME INC. | 29 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | +12.5% |
| 9 | Roquette Freres | 29 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 3 | +100.0% |
| 10 | Corn Products Development, Inc. | 25 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | +12.5% |
| 11 | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -33.3% |
| 12 | MIZKAN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. | 23 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | -22.2% |
| 13 | Frito-Lay North America, Inc. | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | +120.0% |
| 14 | JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY | 22 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | -16.7% |
| 15 | MARS, INCORPORATED | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | +66.7% |
| 16 | FIRMENICH SA | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | +75.0% |
| 17 | Conagra Foods RDM, Inc. | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | · | -25.0% |
| 18 | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | -71.4% |
| 19 | Bühler AG | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | John Bean Technologies Corporation | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | · | +33.3% |
| 21 | GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V. | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | · | -60.0% |
| 22 | Apeel Technology, Inc. | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -60.0% |
| 23 | Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 24 | FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC. | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +25.0% |
| 25 | KRONES AG | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +20.0% |