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Patent Landscape · Brewing & BeveragesNon-Alcoholic Beer Production Patents: Dealcoholization Methods and Who Holds Them
- Two assignees account for all 14 records in scope. Clarnat Produkte and Soralco together cover 100% of the filings this search returns — there is no long tail here to study.
- Filing activity peaked in 2019 at 11 records. Volumes before and after that year are thin, so the trend line is better read as a single filing wave than a steady climb.
- Beverage treatment claims dominate the class mix. C12H covers 85.7% of the 14 records, meaning almost every filing touches core dealcoholization or beverage-treatment method claims.
14
Published Records
AU
Leading Jurisdiction
2019
Peak Filing Year
C12H
Lead IPC Subclass
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Overview
What this dataset covers
This landscape tracks patent families matching non-alcoholic beer production and beer dealcoholization language, cross-referenced against specific technical routes: vacuum distillation, membrane dealcoholization, aroma recovery, wort off-flavour management, limited fermentation and alcohol-threshold control. The scope is narrow by design — 14 published records between 2015 and the 2026 data cut-off — which makes it a useful lens on a technically concentrated corner of brewing IP rather than a broad survey of beer patents generally.
Because the search combines a production/dealcoholization term with a specific method term, the records that surface tend to be method-of-manufacture claims rather than product or formulation claims. Readers should treat the low record count as a feature of the search string's precision, not as evidence that non-alcoholic beer patenting overall is small.
Filing activity by year
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee ranking and totals. Derived from a Patsnap search on Non-Alcoholic Beer Production covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
The Numbers
Filing trend and technology composition
The filing curve and the IPC mix below both draw on the same 14 records in scope, so the shares and the peak year can be read against each other directly.
A single filing wave, not sustained growth
Filings were at 0 in 2017, rose to a peak of 11 in 2019, and the most recent tracked year sits at 0 again. With fewer than four complete years once the roughly 18-month publication lag is accounted for, no growth rate can be computed from this data — the honest read is a concentrated burst of activity around 2019 rather than a trend still building.
Beverage treatment claims dominate
C12H (beverage treatment) appears on 85.7% of the 14 records, far ahead of any other class. Packaging (B65D), dispensing (B67D), acyclic compounds (C07C), fermented beverages (C12G) and business-data processing (G06Q) each sit at 14.3%, with separation processes (B01D) and catalysis (B01J) each at 7.1% — a reminder that these percentages sum past 100% because records carry multiple IPC codes.
Shares are the percentage of the 14 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Non-Alcoholic Beer Production covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.
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Representative Record
Method for Dealcoholization of Beverages (US20210222101A1)
CLARIANT PRODUKTE (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH
The present invention relates to a method and production system for dealcoholization of beverages such as beers and wines.Filed by Clarnat Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, published 2021-07-22.
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What the data means for filing strategy
With only two assignees covering the entire ranked set, this is a field where the existing claim positions are few but may be broad — worth mapping before filing rather than after.
Concentration
100% of 14 records
held by top 2 assignees
No long tail to study
The top 2 combined and top 5 combined figures are identical at 14 records — every record in scope traces back to one of two assignees. There is no fragmented field of small filers here to benchmark against.
Assignee ranking, 2 companies
Timing
11 records in 2019
peak filing year
A single wave, then quiet
Activity clustered heavily around 2019 rather than building steadily. Recent years show far fewer publications, though the most recent year is understated by publication lag.
Filing trend, 2017-2026
Technology mix
85.7% carry C12H
beverage treatment class
Claims concentrate on core treatment methods
Nearly all records touch beverage treatment (C12H), while packaging, dispensing, fermented-beverage and business-data classes each appear on a much smaller minority of filings.
IPC composition, 14 records
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Players
Who holds the claim space
The ranked assignee list for this search returns exactly two companies, and between them they account for every record in scope — a genuinely narrow field rather than a sampling artefact.
Leader
13 records
of 14 in scope
One assignee dominates the ranking
The leading assignee holds 13 of the 14 records returned by this search, making it the primary reference point for freedom-to-operate checks on dealcoholization method claims in this dataset.
Assignee ranking
Second filer
1 record
remaining share
A distant second position
The second-ranked assignee accounts for the balance of the 14 records, giving the field a two-player structure rather than a competitive spread across many filers.
Assignee ranking
Momentum
0 in latest year
leader's recent filings
Recent activity has gone quiet
The leading assignee shows no filings in the latest tracked year, consistent with the broader trend line's drop-off after the 2019 peak, though publication lag means this understates true recent activity.
Recent-year momentum
Filing momentum by assignee
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Clarnat Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH | 0 | — |
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee-level momentum. Derived from a Patsnap search on Non-Alcoholic Beer Production covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
What's Next
Where to take this next
The dataset points to a narrow, two-player field with a defined technical core — the next steps depend on whether you are filing, licensing or benchmarking against it.
Map the leader's claim boundaries
With one assignee holding 13 of 14 records, a claim-by-claim read of its family is the fastest way to know what is actually blocked before drafting new claims in the same space.
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Aroma recovery, threshold sensing and dispensing-line integration show up in the data without dense coverage — worth a targeted prior-art search before assuming the space is open.
Run a white-space search in EurekaSource: Patsnap Eureka. Forward-looking reading of the same dataset. Derived from a Patsnap search on Non-Alcoholic Beer Production covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
FAQ
Common questions on non-alcoholic beer production patents
Within this dataset of 14 records, one assignee holds 13 of them, making it the clear leader by a wide margin. A second assignee holds the remaining record. Together the two account for every filing this search returns, so any freedom-to-operate review in this space should start with the leader's family before looking elsewhere.
The search string underlying this dataset targets several documented routes: vacuum distillation, membrane dealcoholization, aroma recovery, limited fermentation, wort off-flavour management and alcohol-threshold control. Beverage treatment claims (IPC class C12H) appear on 85.7% of the 14 records, confirming that most patent activity centres on the core treatment step rather than downstream packaging or dispensing. Separation processes and catalysis-related classes appear on a smaller share, suggesting they are secondary rather than primary claim territory.
The data shows a peak of 11 records in 2019, with very low activity before and after that year, most recently returning to 0. Because fewer than four complete years remain once the roughly 18-month publication lag is accounted for, no reliable growth rate can be stated from this dataset. The honest characterisation is a single concentrated filing wave rather than a sustained upward trend.
US20210222101A1, filed by Clarnat Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH and published in 2021, covers a method and production system for dealcoholization of beverages including beers and wines. Whether it blocks a specific new process depends on the exact claim language around the dealcoholization step and system configuration, which should be reviewed directly rather than inferred from the abstract. Given the same assignee holds the large majority of records in this dataset, its broader family is the more relevant reference for a full clearance check.
The IPC composition shows heavy concentration in beverage treatment (C12H) with much thinner coverage in packaging, dispensing, business-data processing and separation processes. Sub-areas like aroma recovery after dealcoholization, alcohol-threshold sensing and dispensing-line integration appear in the receiving-office and class data without dense claim coverage. These are reasonable starting points for a first claim, though a targeted prior-art search is still needed since low visibility in this dataset does not guarantee an open field globally.
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