DIFF Main Group
A22C 13/00 Sausage casings
Introduced: September 1968
CPC subdivides this area 25x more granularly than IPC with 24 additional codes.
24 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 20 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
IPC defines codes here since 1974.
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY DE 499
- MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY NL 372
- MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 282
- ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 192
- POLY-CLIP SYSTEM & COMPANY DE 157
- MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING NL 155
- ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK & COMPANY DE 143
- LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS DK 138
- FOODMATE NL 129
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL NL 129
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class A22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY DE 515
- MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY NL 384
- MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 297
- POLY-CLIP SYSTEM & COMPANY DE 198
- MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING NL 155
- ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK & COMPANY DE 148
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL NL 146
- LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS DK 145
- VEMAG MASCHINENBAU DE 133
- FOODMATE NL 130