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Is a bread maker patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a bread maker have been patented many times, but "a bread maker" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 99 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “bread makermachine” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 89 best keyword matches we examined, 1 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (35), SANYO ELECTRIC CO (13), ITO YASUYUKI (5), WATANABE TAKASHI (3).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A21B (85), A21C (17), A47J (15), B01F (12).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a bread maker
- Automatic bread maker, ingredient box and bread making method US-10426174-B2 2019 · TSANN KUEN ZHANGZHOU ENTPR CO
A bread making method includes providing an automatic bread maker; providing a bread ingredient box and putting bread ingredients into a first accommodating room and packaging; placing an outer wall of the bread ingredient box fac…
View on Google Patents - Automatic bread maker US-2012285336-A1 2012 · ITO YASUYUKI
An automatic bread maker ( 1 ) comprises a body ( 10 ) in which a bread container ( 50 ) is accommodated; a grinding mechanism ( 54, 64 ) for grinding cereal grains in the container ( 50 ) accommodated in the body ( 10 ); a kneadi…
View on Google Patents - Automatic bread maker WO-2011024589-A1 2011 · SANYO ELECTRIC CO
An automatic bread maker (1) comprises: a container (50) into which a raw material for bread is loaded; a crushing unit (including a crushing blade (70)) for crushing cereal grains loaded into the container (50) as the raw materia…
View on Google Patents - Automatic bread maker US-2011154995-A1 2011 · WATANABE TAKASHI
An automatic bread maker includes a container in which bread ingredients are fed, a main body which receives the container and is equipped with a motor, and a control unit which controls to perform a bread making process in a stat…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker and control method thereof US-2008020111-A1 2008 · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing b…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker and method of controlling the same US-7335388-B2 2008 · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
A bread maker including a main body having an oven compartment with a front opening, a door to open and close the front opening of the oven compartment, a pair of kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compart…
View on Google Patents - Automatic bread maker and bread making method using the same US-2007034091-A1 2007 · FUKUMORI KOICHI
An automatic bread maker capable of improving the quality of bread made by the automatic bread maker and a bread making method using such automatic bread maker are provided. When wheat flour is used as the main bread ingredient, t…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker with automatic controls WO-2006138360-A3 2007 · CONAIR
A bread maker (10) has a removable lid (16) that may be selectively opened and closed by a user and has a viewing window (17) that will allow a user to see the contents within the bread maker (10) throughout the bread making proce…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker US-7275479-B2 2007 · PARK JAE-RYONG
A bread maker having a main body, an oven accommodated in the main body, a baking tray provided inside the oven, and a door rotatably connected to the main body to open and close the oven, the bread maker including a sealing part …
View on Google Patents - Bread maker incorporated with function for cooking rice US-2006117961-A1 2006 · GUO JIANGANG
Bread maker incorporated with a function for cooking rice, in which a cooking means is further incorporated within a conventional bread maker. The cooking means can comprise a heating plate and an inner pan and then is disposed wi…
View on Google Patents - Baking tray for bread maker US-2004221743-A1 2004 · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
The present invention relates to a baking tray for bread maker, and more particularly to a baking tray for a bread maker formed with a non-sticky ceramic layer. Thus, the baking tray in which impact given by the mixing bag moved u…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker US-2004221740-A1 2004 · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums which are spaced apart from each other in the upper and lower parts of the oven compartment and hold opposite ends of a mixing bag, respecti…
View on Google Patents - Bread maker with hot air circulation means US-2003140796-A1 2003
A bread maker with hot air circulating means, comprises a housing defining the outer appearance of the bread maker; a baking oven; a bread barrel; a stirring bar; a drive mechanism; a upper assembly; a control panel assembly; a co…
View on Google Patents - Automatic bread maker US-6401599-B1 2002 · MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker for home use, and particularly relates to methods of displaying during the bread making cycle. The automatic bread maker of the present invention comprises: a baking chambe…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a bread maker been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.