B02B PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE (making dough from cereals directly A21C; preservation or sterilisation of cereals A23B; cleaning fruit A23N; preparation of malt C12C)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B02B encompasses machinery and processes for conditioning grain before milling operations, including cleaning, sorting, moistening, and tempering to optimize milling quality and efficiency. The subclass also covers surface refinement techniques for granular fruits—such as polishing, grading, or abrading—to produce commercial-grade products. These preparatory operations improve the functional properties of raw materials, enhance product uniformity, and facilitate subsequent processing stages. Related grain milling machinery itself falls under B02C, while general crushing and pulverizing operations are classified separately in the B02 hierarchy.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE
CPC: PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE (making dough from cereals directly A21C; preservation or sterilisation of cereals A23B; cleaning fruit A23N; preparation of malt C12C)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE
PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE (making dough from cereals directly A21C; preservation or sterilisation of cereals A23B; cleaning fruit A23N; preparation of malt C12C)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B02B 1/00 Preparing grain for milling or like processes (hulling, husking, decorticating, polishing, removing the awns, or degerming B02B3/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B02B 3/00 Hulling; Husking; Decorticating (decorticating textile fibres D01B1/14); Polishing; Removing the awns (in threshing machines A01F12/42); Degerming IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SE 503
- THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 498
- THYSSEN KRUPP DE 382
- ZHEJIANG ZHE KUANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY 239
- FLSMIDTH DK 239
- ZAOZHUANG SNKSAN INTELLIGENT MACHINERY COMPANY 230
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 202
- METSO MINERALS FI 195
- BUEHLER CH 189
- ISEKI & CO 186
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SE 543
- THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 517
- THYSSEN KRUPP DE 398
- FLSMIDTH DK 262
- METSO MINERALS FI 227
- BUEHLER CH 200
- METSO MINERALS INDUSTRIES US 195
- METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND FI 191
- NETZSCH-FEINMAHLTECHNIK DE 189
- ZAOZHUANG SNKSAN INTELLIGENT MACHINERY COMPANY 165