Human Necessities

Human Necessities · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Agriculture, food, personal care, health, and life sciences.

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeA23K50/80
Official title
Display labelHuman Necessities (mapped technology topic)
Total patents539

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201546
201629
201769
201848
201941
202051
202151
202252
202344
202453
202546
20269

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC A23K50/80?
CPC A23K50/80 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Human Necessities.”
How many patents are filed under CPC A23K50/80 (Human Necessities)?
Our database includes 539 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC A23K50/80 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 53 in 2024 vs 46 in 2025 (latest complete years).