CPC Main Group
C12C 1/00 Preparation of malt
Filing statistics
CPC C12C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass C12C, which recorded 8,104 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 486 in 2013 to 519 in 2023 (+7%), peaking at 1,087 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class C12 are HARVARD UNIVERSITY (8,321 applications), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (7,486 applications) and UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (7,320 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C12C 1/02 Pretreatment of grains, e.g. washing, steeping
- C12C 1/027 Germinating
- C12C 1/067 Drying
- C12C 1/125 Continuous or semi-continuous processes for steeping, germinating or drying
- C12C 1/15 Grain or malt turning, charging or discharging apparatus
- C12C 1/16 After-treatment of malt, e.g. malt cleaning, detachment of the germ
- C12C 1/18 Preparation of malt extract or of special kinds of malt, e.g. caramel, black malt (malt products for use as foodstuffs A23L)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C12, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 8,321
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 7,486
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 7,320
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 5,003
- INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 4,292
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US 4,213
- CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 4,113
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 3,961
- ROCHE CH 3,792
- ILLUMINA US 3,692