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IPC Main Group
A23C 9/00

Milk preparations; Milk powder or milk powder preparations

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
Subclass:
DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PREPARATION THEREOF

Additional Content

Mixtures of whey with milk products or milk components Preservation of milk or milk preparations

Related Keywords

MILK products

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A23C 9/15 Reconstituted or recombined milk products containing neither non-milk fat nor non-milk proteins
  • A23C 9/16 Agglomerating or granulating milk powder; Making instant milk powder; Products obtained thereby
  • A23C 9/18 Milk in dried and compressed or semi-solid form
  • A23C 9/2 Dietetic milk products not covered by groups

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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