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

Filing statistics

IPC A23F 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass A23F, which recorded 78,125 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 4,503 in 2013 to 6,139 in 2023 (+36%), peaking at 9,332 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class A23 are KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH (6,158 applications), NESTLE (4,562 applications) and NESTEC (3,354 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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