BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS

Description

Class A21 encompasses baking processes, machinery for dough preparation and processing, and dough formulations used in bakery production. This includes ovens, mixers, kneading equipment, fermentation systems, and specialized apparatus for shaping, dividing, and handling dough in industrial and commercial settings. The class also covers compositions of dough, additives, and ingredients formulated to improve baking performance, texture, or shelf life. Related technologies for bread, pastry, cake production, and other baked goods fall within this classification, while finished consumer baked products themselves are classified elsewhere in food technology.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: BAKING; EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; DOUGHS FOR BAKING

CPC: BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

BAKING; EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; DOUGHS FOR BAKING

CPC:

BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open

A21B BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING (domestic baking equipment A47J37/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21D TREATMENT OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS (preservation of flour or dough before baking A23B40/00; preservation of bakery products A23B45/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH RU 482
JOYOUNG COMPANY 322
HAAS FOOD EQUIPMENT AT 307
GENERAL MILLS US 304
ADEKA CORPORATION 207
JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 196
NOVOZYMES DK 186
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS (KRAFT FOODS) US 181
NESTEC CH 177
NESTLE CH 171

Top Applicants (CPC)

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