DIFF Subgroup
A21B 5/02 Apparatus for baking hollow articles, waffles, pastry, biscuits, or the like
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Baking apparatus for special goods; Other baking apparatus > Apparatus for baking hollow articles, waffles, pastry, biscuits, or the like
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A21,2013–2023, 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)
Class A21,2013–2023, 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