IPC Main Group
A21C 11/00 Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- BAKING; EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; DOUGHS FOR BAKING
- Subclass:
- MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A21C 11/02 Embossing machines
- A21C 11/1 combined with cutting apparatus
- A21C 11/12 Apparatus for slotting, slitting or perforating the surface of pieces of dough
- A21C 11/16 Extruding machines
- A21C 11/22 Apparatus with rollers and cutting discs or blades for shaping noodles
- A21C 11/24 Apparatus for cutting out noodles from a sheet or ribbon of dough by an engaging pair of grooved rollers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH RU 482
- JOYOUNG COMPANY 322
- HAAS FOOD EQUIPMENT AT 307
- GENERAL MILLS US 304
- ADEKA CORPORATION 207
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 196
- NOVOZYMES DK 186
- INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS (KRAFT FOODS) US 181
- NESTEC CH 177
- NESTLE CH 171