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A23L 11/00

Pulses, i.e. fruits of leguminous plants, for production of food; Products from legumes; Preparation or treatment thereof

Introduced: January 2016

Last revised: January 2025

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
Subclass:
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF

Additional Content

Glossary

legume legumes plant in the family Fabaceae or Leguminosae soy bean or soya bean soy bean soya bean soy beans soya beans the bean of Glycine max

Limiting references

Preservation of pulses

Related Keywords

PREPARATION(S) of foodstuffs in general; food PREPARATION(S)edible STUFFING

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A23L 11/1 Rapid cooking pulses
  • A23L 11/3 Removing undesirable substances, e.g. bitter substances
  • A23L 11/5 Fermented pulses or legumes; Fermentation of pulses or legumes based on the addition of microorganisms
  • A23L 11/7 Germinated pulse products, e.g. from soy bean sprouts

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