IPC Main Group
C12C 1/00 Preparation of malt
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- Subclass:
- BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER
Related Keywords
preparation of MALT
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C12C 1/02 Pretreatment of grains, e.g. washing, steeping
- C12C 1/027 Germinating
- C12C 1/067 Drying
- C12C 1/125 Continuous or semi-continuous processes for steeping, germinating or drying
- C12C 1/15 Grain or malt turning, charging or discharging apparatus
- C12C 1/16 After-treatment of malt, e.g. malt cleaning, detachment of the germ
- C12C 1/18 Preparation of malt extract or of special kinds of malt, e.g. caramel, black malt
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C12, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 10,330
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 7,308
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 6,383
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 5,144
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 4,121
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 3,630
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 3,515
- CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 3,499
- INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 3,371
- CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 3,361