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C13B 50/00

Sugar products, e.g. powdered, lump or liquid sugar; Working-up of sugar (C13B40/00, C13B45/00 take precedence; confectionery A23G3/00)

Introduced: January 2011

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Sugar products, e.g. powdered, lump or liquid sugar; Working-up of sugar

CPC: Sugar products, e.g. powdered, lump or liquid sugar; Working-up of sugar (C13B40/00, C13B45/00 take precedence; confectionery A23G3/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Sugar products, e.g. powdered, lump or liquid sugar; Working-up of sugar

CPC:

Sugar products, e.g. powdered, lump or liquid sugar; Working-up of sugar (C13B40/00, C13B45/00 take precedence; confectionery A23G3/00)

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2011.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C13,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XYLECO US 138
  2. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 118
  3. GUANGXI UNIVERSITY 97
  4. API INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS US 62
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 59
  6. NOVOZYMES DK 55
  7. UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION FI 51
  8. VERSALIS IT 51
  9. ZHEJIANG HUAKANG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY 51
  10. CARGILL US 50

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C13,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XYLECO US 394
  2. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 142
  3. API INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS US 128
  4. XYLECO 126
  5. NOVOZYMES DK 119
  6. UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION FI 97
  7. IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 87
  8. SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ NL 75
  9. GUANGXI UNIVERSITY 66
  10. VIRDIA US 63