Non-alcoholic beverages; Dry compositions or concentrates therefor; Preparation or treatment thereof

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2006

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

Related Keywords

AERATING of beveragesbeverages without ALCOHOL(S)preparation of non-alcoholic BEVERAGE(S)CARBONATING waterGAZOGENESIMPREGNATING of water with gasesNON-ALCOHOLIC beveragesSELTZOGENESSODA -wateraerating WATERimpregnating WATER with gases

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A23L 2/02 containing fruit or vegetable juices
A23L 2/38 Other non-alcoholic beverages
A23L 2/385 Concentrates of non-alcoholic beverages
A23L 2/4 Effervescence-generating compositions
A23L 2/52 Adding ingredients
A23L 2/7 Clarifying or fining of non-alcoholic beverages; Removing unwanted matter

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