containing gelling or thickening agents

Introduced: January 2016

Full Title

Foods or foodstuffs containing additives; Preparation or treatment thereof > containing gelling or thickening agents

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 29/2 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

Related Keywords

thickening of FOODSTUFFSfoodstuffs containing GELLING agentsalginates, farinaceous materials or pectins as THICKENING agentsTHICKENING of foodstuffs in general

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A23L 29/206 of vegetable origin
A23L 29/269 of microbial origin, e.g. xanthan or dextran
A23L 29/275 of animal origin, e.g. chitin
A23L 29/288 Synthetic resins, e.g. polyvinylpyrrolidone
A23L 29/294 Inorganic additives, e.g. silica

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