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A23

FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Description

A23 encompasses the preparation, processing, treatment, and preservation of food products and non-alcoholic beverages across all stages from raw materials to finished consumer products. The class covers manufacturing technologies including cooking, mixing, fermentation, drying, freezing, and chemical preservation methods, as well as equipment and apparatus used in food production facilities. It includes innovations in food safety, quality control, nutritional enhancement, and shelf-life extension, but excludes alcoholic beverages (covered by C12C) and agricultural production methods for growing crops or raising animals (covered by A01).

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF

CPC: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF

CPC:

FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Of 11 combined children, 10 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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