IPC Main Group
A23F 3/00 Tea; Tea substitutes; Preparations thereof
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2025
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
- Subclass:
- COFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF
Related Keywords
TEA
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A23F 3/06 Treating tea before extraction; Preparations produced thereby
- A23F 3/16 Tea extraction; Tea extracts; Treating tea extract; Making instant tea
- A23F 3/34 Tea substitutes, e.g. mate; Extracts or infusions thereof
- A23F 3/36 Reducing or removing alkaloid content; Preparations produced thereby; Extracts or infusions thereof
- A23F 3/4 Tea flavour; Tea oil; Flavouring of tea or tea extract
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH RU 6,158
- NESTLE CH 4,562
- NESTEC CH 3,354
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 2,699
- DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) NL 2,320
- SUNTORY HOLDINGS JP 1,926
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,804
- CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 1,653
- CARGILL US 1,588
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA (RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION) KR 1,314