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Erich Windhab — 24 Patents

Google: 8 patents #3,283 of 22,993Top 15%
BABuehler Ag: 2 patents #22 of 100Top 25%
KDKraft Foods R & D: 2 patents #36 of 175Top 25%
EZEth Zërich: 1 patents #35 of 184Top 20%
AAAbb Schweiz Ag: 1 patents #1,465 of 3,274Top 45%
IAIonbond Ag: 1 patents #3 of 14Top 25%
KAKinematica Ag: 1 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
EZEth Zurich: 1 patents #155 of 584Top 30%
BABühler Ag: 1 patents #50 of 175Top 30%
EZEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich: 1 patents #65 of 206Top 35%
Hemishofen, CH: #1 of 5 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Erich Windhab has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 2025. Erich Windhab ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Erich Windhab in Hemishofen, CH.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2007.peak 31993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052007: 3 patents2010: 2 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents20132016: 2 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12501914 Foamed frozen food products Martin Leser, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Zuzana Sediva 2025-12-23
12150463 Method for the production of protein-containing foods Michael Weinberger, Erich Stirnemann, Bhaskar MITRA 2024-11-26
11812765 Supervisory machine intelligence controls for production of meat substitutes Chau-Hon Ho, Vedrana Spudic, Kim Listmann, Sandro Schoenborn, Elsi-Mari Borrelli +5 more 2023-11-14
11452302 Spherical particle, and food suspensions and consumable masses having spherical particles Patrick Strähl, William Hanselmann 2022-09-27
11134691 Foamed, dough-based food and apparatus and method for production thereof and use of the apparatus Volker Lammers 2021-10-05
9433231 Low temperature extrusion process and device for energy optimized and viscosity adapted micro-structuring of frozen aerated masses Johann Wildmoser 2016-09-06
9417214 Apparatus for determining the texture of food material Ulrich Loeser, Stefan Padar, Bruno Pfister 2016-08-16 $306,380,000
8567250 Method of determining the texture of food material and apparatus for use in this method Ulrich Loeser, Stefan Padar, Bruno Pfister 2013-10-29
8522616 Method for the in-line measurement of the setting, contraction and wall release behaviour of confectionery/chocolate products which have been poured into moulds during production, and apparatus for carrying out this method Yvonne Mehrle, Bruno Pfister 2013-09-03
8394441 Low temperature extrusion process and device for energy optimized and viscosity adapted micro-structuring of frozen aerated masses Johann Wildmoser 2013-03-12
8267572 Method for gentle mechanical generation of finely dispersed micro-/nano-emulsions with narrow particle size distribution and device for carrying out said method Verena Schadler, Beat Troxler, Andreas Kurt Dürig, Fred-Rainer Grohmann 2012-09-18
8231263 Cylindrical membrane apparatus for forming foam Nadina Patrizia Müller-Fischer, Karl Uwe Tapfer 2012-07-31
8173195 Aerated frozen suspension with adjusted creaminess and scoop ability based on stress-controlled generation of superfine microstructures Uwe Tapfer 2012-05-08
7670635 Aerated frozen suspension with adjusted creaminess and scoop ability based on stress-controlled generation of superfine microstructures Uwe Tapfer 2010-03-02
7651721 Milk chocolate containing water Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang 2010-01-26
7261913 Aerated frozen suspension with adjusted creaminess and scoop ability based on stress-controlled generation of superfine microstructures Uwe Tapfer 2007-08-28
7228728 Method for determining rheological parameters of a fluid Boris Ouriev 2007-06-12
7186435 Milk chocolate containing water Stephen Thomas Beckett, Daniel Hugelshofer, Junkuan Wang 2007-03-06
6894178 Method of producing seed crystal suspensions based on melted fat Yuantong Zeng 2005-05-17
6165540 Process for manufacturing chocolate compositions containing water Helmut Traitler, Bettina Wolf 2000-12-26
6082120 Apparatus and process for cooling foam products Ralf Hoffmann, Carl Hoyer, Friedrich H. F. Rogge 2000-07-04
RE36390 Device for cooling of fluids and edible foams Ulrich Fels, deceased, by Elisabeth Fels, legal representative, Ralf Hoffmann, Peter von Holdt, Lutz Hahn 1999-11-16
5345781 Device for cooling of fluids and edible foams Ulrich Fels, deceased, Ralf Hoffmann, Peter von Holdt, Lutz Hahn 1994-09-13
5264234 Method for continuously controlling the texture and crystallization of fluid food materials Ludwig Rolfes, Peter von Holdt, Lutz Hahn 1993-11-23