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A23D 9/00

Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils (preservation of other edible oils A23B20/30)

Introduced: January 1990

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils

CPC: Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils (preservation of other edible oils A23B20/30)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils

CPC:

Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings or cooking oils (preservation of other edible oils A23B20/30)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH RU 6,158
  2. NESTLE CH 4,562
  3. NESTEC CH 3,354
  4. JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 2,699
  5. DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) NL 2,320
  6. SUNTORY HOLDINGS JP 1,926
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,804
  8. CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 1,653
  9. CARGILL US 1,588
  10. REPUBLIC OF KOREA (RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION) KR 1,314

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NESTLE CH 5,075
  2. NESTEC CH 3,916
  3. DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) NL 2,558
  4. JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 2,196
  5. SUNTORY HOLDINGS JP 2,133
  6. CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 1,842
  7. CARGILL US 1,708
  8. REPUBLIC OF KOREA (RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION) KR 1,341
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,279
  10. MARS US 1,161