MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A01J encompasses methods, apparatus, and systems for processing milk and producing dairy products including cheese, butter, yogurt, and other fermented or processed milk-based foods. The classification covers milk handling equipment such as separators, pasteurizers, homogenizers, and churns, as well as techniques for curd formation, fermentation, and product finishing. This subclass excludes general food processing machinery (covered under A23) and focuses specifically on dairy-specific manufacturing processes and equipment used from raw milk collection through final product packaging.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 15 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A01J 1/00 Devices or accessories for milking by hand (milking stools A47C9/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 11/00 Apparatus for treating milk (preservation of milk or milk preparations A23B11/10; dairy concentration, evaporation or drying A23C1/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 13/00 Tanks for treating cream IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 15/00 Manufacturing butter IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 17/00 Kneading machines for butter, or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 19/00 Hand devices for forming slabs of butter, or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 21/00 Machines for forming slabs of butter, or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 23/00 Devices for dividing bulk butter, or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 25/00 Cheese-making (coating the cheese A01J27/02) +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 27/00 After-treatment of cheese; Coating of cheese +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 3/00 Milking with catheters IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 5/00 Milking machines or devices (A01J1/00, A01J3/00 take precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 7/00 Accessories for milking machines or devices +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 9/00 Milk receptacles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01J 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,725
JOHN DEERE US 6,555
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,280
DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,260
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,106
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,609
KUBOTA CORPORATION 4,458
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,341
BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,305
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,024

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

JOHN DEERE US 6,949
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,297
DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,458
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,296
BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,654
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,631
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,410
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,128
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,805
BAYER DE 3,607