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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

Filing statistics

IPC A23L 11/00 belongs to the parent subclass A23L, which recorded 450,110 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 37,286 in 2013 to 32,837 in 2023 (-12%), peaking at 49,827 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

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