Individual or non-extruded flakes, granules or shapes having similar size, e.g. breakfast cereals

Introduced: January 2016

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof > Cereal-derived products > Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type; Semi-finished or partly-finished products therefor > Individual or non-extruded flakes, granules or shapes having similar size, e.g. breakfast cereals

CPC:

Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof (preparation of malt for brewing C12C) > Cereal-derived products > Flakes or other shapes of ready-to-eat type; Semi-finished or partly-finished products therefor (cereal granules or flakes to be cooked and eaten hot A23L7/143; cereal germ products A23L7/152) > Individual or non-extruded flakes, granules or shapes having similar size, e.g. breakfast cereals

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2016.

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A23L 7/139 made from wholegrain or grain pieces without preparation of meal or dough since 2016 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

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

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

Top Applicants (CPC)

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

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