CPC Main Group
A22C 25/00 Processing fish
Filing statistics
CPC A22C 25/00 belongs to the parent subclass A22C, which recorded 18,441 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,222 in 2013 to 1,410 in 2023 (+15%), peaking at 2,310 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class A22 are NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY (515 applications), MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY (384 applications) and MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY (297 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- A22C 25/02 Washing or descaling fish
- A22C 25/04 Sorting fish; Separating ice from fish packed in ice
- A22C 25/06 Work-tables; Fish-holding and auxiliary devices in connection with work-tables
- A22C 25/08 Holding, guiding, or conveying fish before, during or after its preparation (A22C25/06 takes precedence)
- A22C 25/10 Devices for threading fish on strings or the like
- A22C 25/12 Arranging fish, e.g. according to the position of head and tail
- A22C 25/14 Beheading, eviscerating, or cleaning fish
- A22C 25/16 Removing fish-bones; Filleting fish
- A22C 25/17 Skinning fish
- A22C 25/18 Cutting fish into portions
- A22C 25/20 Shredding; Cutting into cubes; Flaking
- A22C 25/22 Fish-rolling apparatus
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY DE 515
- MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY NL 384
- MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 297
- POLY-CLIP SYSTEM & COMPANY DE 198
- MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING NL 155
- ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK & COMPANY DE 148
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL NL 146
- LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS DK 145
- VEMAG MASCHINENBAU DE 133
- FOODMATE NL 130