IPC 6 English version
 
Class A23

SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

 Notes

(1)Attention is drawn to the following places:

 C 08 B Polysaccharides, derivatives thereof

 C 11 Animal or vegetable oils, fats, fatty substances or waxes

 C 12 Biochemistry, beer, spirits, wine, vinegar

C 13 `Sugar industry. [4]

(2)Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:

 (i)liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to

 (ii)treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials

 are further classified in subclass C 12 S. [5]

A 23 BPRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS (preserving foodstuffs in general A 23 L 3/00; preserving in general A 61 L; applying food preservatives in packages B 65 D 81/28)

A 23 CDAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF (obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A 23 J 1/00; preparation of peptides, e.g. of proteins, in general C 07 K 1/00)

A 23 DEDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS, COOKING OILS (animal feeding-stuffs A 23 K 1/00; foods or foodstuffs containing edible oils or fats A 21 D, A 23 C, A 23 G, A 23 L; obtaining, refining, preserving C 11 B, C 11 C; hydrogenation C 11 C 3/12)

A 23 FCOFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF (coffee or tea pots A 47 G 19/14; tea infusers A 47 G 19/16; apparatus for making beverages, e.g. coffee or tea, A 47 J 31/00; coffee mills A 47 J 42/00)

A 23 GCOCOA; CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; ICE-CREAM

A 23 JPROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS (fodder A 23 K; protein compositions or phosphatide compositions for pharmaceuticals A 61 K; phosphatides per se C 07 F 9/10; proteins per se C 07 K) [4]

A 23 KFODDER

A 23 LFOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A 23 B TO A 23 J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT (shaping or working, not fully covered by this subclass, A 23 P); PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL [4]

A 23 NMACHINES 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 (machines for cutting straw or fodder A 01 F 29/00; disintegrating, e.g. shredding, B 02 C; severing, e.g. cutting, splitting, slicing, B 26 B, B 26 D)

A 23 PSHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS (shaping substances in a plastic state in general B 29 C)