- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A23K - Feeding-stuffs specially adapted for animalsmethods specially adapted for production thereof
- A23K 50/40 - Feeding-stuffs specially adapted for particular animals for carnivorous animals, e.g. cats or dogs
Patent holdings for IPC class A23K 50/40
Total number of patents in this class: 960
10-year publication summary
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97
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98
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96
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87
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124
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105
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114
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82
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77
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45
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. | 787 |
138 |
| Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. | 10108 |
124 |
| Mars, Incorporated | 2890 |
107 |
| DSM IP Assets B.V. | 5379 |
21 |
| Nestec S.A. | 2557 |
18 |
| Specialites Pet Food | 71 |
18 |
| T.F.H. Publications, Inc. | 248 |
11 |
| Unicharm Corporation | 2968 |
11 |
| in The Bowl Animal Health, Inc. | 37 |
11 |
| Spectrum Brands, Inc. | 897 |
10 |
| Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. | 81 |
9 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | 5751 |
8 |
| IMS Trading, LLC | 56 |
8 |
| Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc. | 238 |
8 |
| Evonik Operations GmbH | 4362 |
8 |
| Big Heart Pet, Inc. | 284 |
7 |
| Cargill, Incorporated | 2964 |
7 |
| Shanghai Sunlight Innov Trading Co., Ltd. | 19 |
7 |
| The Better Meat Co. | 16 |
7 |
| Uni-Charm Corporation | 599 |
6 |
| Other owners | 416 |