IPC Main Group
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 11/4 Pulse curds
- A23L 11/5 Fermented pulses or legumes; Fermentation of pulses or legumes based on the addition of microorganisms
- A23L 11/6 Drinks from legumes, e.g. lupine drinks
- 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
- 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