Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements

Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeA23L33/16
Official titleInorganic salts, minerals or trace elements
Display labelInorganic salts, minerals or trace elements
Total patents728

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
201550
201678
201773
201848
201955
202063
202176
202293
202381
202443
202557
202611

Representative patents

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

Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC A23L33/16?
CPC A23L33/16 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements.”
How many patents are filed under CPC A23L33/16 (Inorganic salts, minerals or trace elements)?
Our database includes 728 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC A23L33/16 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 43 in 2024 vs 57 in 2025 (latest complete years).