Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device (for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections A23N7/08; domestic devices for stoning fruit A47J23/00, for coring fruit A47J25/00)

Filing statistics

CPC A23N 4/00 belongs to the parent subclass A23N, which recorded 30,721 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 830 in 2013 to 2,253 in 2023 (+171%), peaking at 5,233 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class A23 are NESTLE (5,075 applications), NESTEC (3,916 applications) and DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) (2,558 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings