A21C MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
Introduced: September 1968
Description
A21C covers machinery and equipment designed for the mechanical processing of dough materials and the handling of finished baked products derived from dough. This includes mixers, kneaders, dividers, shapers, proofing equipment, and conveying systems used in commercial and industrial bakery operations. The classification encompasses both the primary transformation of raw ingredients into dough and the post-baking handling, movement, and processing of bread, pastries, and similar baked goods. Related dough formulations and chemical aspects are covered separately under other A21 subclasses.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
Child Classifications
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- A21C 1/00 Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A21C 11/00 Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A21C 14/00 Machines or equipment for making or processing dough, not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A21C 3/00 Machines or apparatus for shaping batches of dough before subdivision IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A21C 7/00 Machines which homogenise the subdivided dough by working other than by kneading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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