Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor

Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeA23L5/00
Official titlePreparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
Display labelPreparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
Total patents524

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
201568
201643
201753
201840
201972
202058
202145
202249
202334
202428
202530
20264

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 A23L5/00?
CPC A23L5/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor.”
How many patents are filed under CPC A23L5/00 (Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor)?
Our database includes 524 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC A23L5/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 28 in 2024 vs 30 in 2025 (latest complete years).