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A23N 7/00

Peeling vegetables or fruit

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
Subclass:
MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS

Filing statistics

IPC A23N 7/00 belongs to the parent subclass A23N, which recorded 99,459 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,756 in 2013 to 11,598 in 2023 (+321%), peaking at 15,184 applications in 2020. 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

DECORTICATINGDECORTICATING vegetables or fruits in bulkPARING foodstuffs in bulkPEELING of foodstuffs in bulkskinning of vegetables or fruit in bulk

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A23N 7/01 using chemical substances, e.g. lye
  • A23N 7/02 Peeling potatoes, apples or similarly shaped vegetables or fruit
  • A23N 7/04 Peeling asparagus
  • A23N 7/08 for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections
  • A23N 7/1 Driving mechanisms

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