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 codeA23L2/46
Official title
Display labelHuman Necessities (mapped technology topic)
Total patents66

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20153
20166
20179
20183
20198
20208
20217
202212
20234
20243
20253

Representative patents

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

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC A23L2/46?
CPC A23L2/46 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Human Necessities.”
How many patents are filed under CPC A23L2/46 (Human Necessities)?
Our database includes 66 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC A23L2/46 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 3 in 2024 vs 3 in 2025 (latest complete years).