Adding ingredients

Introduced: January 1995

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

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

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 2/52 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

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A23L 2/54 Mixing with gases
A23L 2/56 Flavouring or bittering agents
A23L 2/58 Colouring agents
A23L 2/6 Sweeteners
A23L 2/62 Clouding agents; Agents to improve the cloud-stability
A23L 2/64 Re-adding volatile aromatic ingredients
A23L 2/66 Proteins
A23L 2/68 Acidifying substances

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