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A23L 7/183

by heating without using a pressure release device

Introduced: January 2016

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof > Cereal-derived products > Puffed cereals, e.g. popcorn or puffed rice > Preparation of puffed cereals from wholegrain or grain pieces without preparation of meal or dough > by heating without using a pressure release device

CPC:

Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof (preparation of malt for brewing C12C) > Cereal-derived products > Puffed cereals, e.g. popcorn or puffed rice > Preparation of puffed cereals from wholegrain or grain pieces without preparation of meal or dough > by heating without using a pressure release device

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 7/187 Discontinuously-working apparatus since 2016 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

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