IPC Main Group
A22B 5/00 Accessories for use during or after slaughtering
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- Subclass:
- SLAUGHTERING
Related Keywords
removing SKIN(S) from carcasses
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A22B 5/02 Slaughtering pens
- A22B 5/04 Blood-collecting apparatus; Blood-stirring devices
- A22B 5/06 Slaughtering stands or spreaders for cattle
- A22B 5/08 Scalding; Scraping; Dehairing; Singeing
- A22B 5/14 Clips for the tongue; Arrangements for closing the throat
- A22B 5/16 Skinning instruments or knives
- A22B 5/18 Cleaning the stomach of slaughtered animals
- A22B 5/2 Splitting instruments
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU RUD. BAADER & COMPANY DE 499
- MEYN FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY NL 372
- MAYEKAWA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 282
- ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 192
- POLY-CLIP SYSTEM & COMPANY DE 157
- MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING NL 155
- ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK & COMPANY DE 143
- LINCO FOOD SYSTEMS DK 138
- FOODMATE NL 129
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL NL 129