CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
A21C MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
Description
A21C covers machinery and equipment designed for the mechanical processing of dough materials and the handling of finished baked products derived from dough. This includes mixers, kneaders, dividers, shapers, proofing equipment, and conveying systems used in commercial and industrial bakery operations. The classification encompasses both the primary transformation of raw ingredients into dough and the post-baking handling, movement, and processing of bread, pastries, and similar baked goods. Related dough formulations and chemical aspects are covered separately under other A21 subclasses.
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A21C 1/00 Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough
- A21C 11/00 Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking
- A21C 13/00 Provers, i.e. apparatus permitting dough to rise
- A21C 14/00 Machines or equipment for making or processing dough, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- A21C 15/00 Apparatus for handling baked articles
- A21C 3/00 Machines or apparatus for shaping batches of dough before subdivision
- A21C 5/00 Dough-dividing machines
- A21C 7/00 Machines which homogenise the subdivided dough by working other than by kneading
- A21C 9/00 Other apparatus for handling dough or dough pieces
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GENERAL MILLS US 346
- HAAS FOOD EQUIPMENT AT 330
- NESTEC CH 235
- NESTLE CH 193
- NOVOZYMES DK 186
- CARGILL US 181
- PURATOS BE 181
- J-OIL MILLS JP 174
- INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS (KRAFT FOODS) US 173
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 169