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IPC Subgroup
A23G 9/28

for portioning or dispensing

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor > Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream > Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups > for portioning or dispensing

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
Subclass:
COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF

Related Keywords

ice-cream SCOOP(S)

Top Applicants

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