CPC Definition - Subclass A23F
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Coffee and tea beverage products, including coffee substitutes (e.g. chicory-based) and herbal teas or other infusion beverages produced by steeping botanical material in hot water; commercial processes for making such products
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Picking of tea | |
Picking of coffee | |
Chocolate, confectionery or ice-cream containing coffee or tea | |
Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. freeze-drying or spray-drying | |
Non-alcoholic beverages | |
Synthetic tea flavours | |
Synthetic coffee flavours | |
Foods containing plants extracts additives, e.g. tea or coffee | |
Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee | |
Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass, e.g. agglomerating, granulating or tabletting | |
Coffee or tea pots | |
Tea infusers, e.g. egg-shaped infusers | |
Tea or coffee pot cosies | |
Apparatus for making beverages, e.g. coffee or tea; vending machines for tea or coffee | |
Coffee mills | |
Cosmetic preparation containing material of vegetable origin | |
Medicinal preparations containing plant material from tea or tea substitutes or from coffee or coffee substitutes | |
Physical or chemical processes or apparatus in general, e.g. boiling, extraction or filtration | |
Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package, i.e. filling tea bags | |
Attaching, or forming and attaching, string handles or tags to tea bags | |
Disposable containers or packages with contents which are infused or dissolved in situ | |
Disposable tea bags | |
Chemical compounds, e.g. alkaloids such as caffeine, theophylline, theobromine, or their preparation as such |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Alkaloid | The stimulant xanthine drugs caffeine, theobromine and theophylline contained in coffee beans and/or tea leaves. |
Coffee | Stimulant product or beverage made from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, which come from a plant of the genus Coffea, e.g. Coffea arabica or Coffea canephora. |
Coffee substitutes | Coffee substitutes (solid or liquid) are non-coffee products normally without caffeine, used to substitute coffee while preserving its taste. Grain coffee and other substitutes can be made by roasting or decocting various organic substances. Common ingredients include acorn, barley and malt, beech nut, chicory root, corn, fig and rye. |
Decaffeination | Process of removing the alkaloid caffeine from coffee beans or tea leaves. |
Herbal tea, tisane, ptisan | Any Camellia sinensis-free product or beverage prepared by hot water infusion of plant material, usually leaves but also including fruits, flowers and possibly even bark or other parts. Herbal teas are belonging to the group of tea substitutes. |
Tea | Stimulant product or beverage made from the leaves of the traditional tea plant (Camellia sinensis). |
Tea substitutes | Tea substitutes (solid or liquid) are non-tea products, i.e. not coming from the traditional tea plant (Camellia sinensis), e.g. mate (Ilex paraguariensis), lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), rose hips (Rosa canina), etc.; cf. herbal tea. |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "Lyophilisation" and "freeze-drying"
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Tea | Camellia sinensis |
Tea substitute | Non-camellia sinensis composition intended for producing a beverage by steeping in hot water |
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Tea harvesting methods, e.g. for producing morning tea; Withering or wilting; Bruising; Deactivation of enzymes in leaves (fixation or kill-green); Sweltering or yellowing; Drying; Aging or curing
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Post-fermentation of dried, rolled leaves (Puer tea)
In patent documents, the following abbreviations are often used:
CTC | Crush, Tear, Curl; Cut, Twist, Curl |
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Leaf tea compositions per se, may contain non-flavoring additives
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Extraction of non-water soluble tea constituents, using e.g. solvent;
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Tea juice | Juice obtained by pressing fresh or partly processed tea leaves |
In patent documents, the following abbreviations are often used:
RTD | Ready to Drink |
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Brewing, steeping, infusing or extracting leaf tea material with hot or cold water, or with a polar solvent
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Removing unwanted substances other than caffeine from tea extracts or infusions
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Freeze concentration
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Freeze-drying |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Freeze concentration | Tea extract is cooled down to form ice crystals, which are then separated |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "Lyophilisation" and "freeze-drying"
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Tea flavoring |
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Decaffeinated tea
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Synthetic tea flavours |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Flavorings for non-alcoholic beverages |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Stripping | Removing volatile constituents from tea leaves by passing a hot gas (e.g. steam) through the leaves |
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Flavor from tea oil | flavor from tea oil A23F 3/423 |
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Coffee processing steps prior to roasting, including harvesting, washing, drying, fermentation, mucilage removal, hulling, polishing, sorting, grading and aging steps; extracting constituents from coffee cherry fruit or non-roasted coffee beans
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Grinding non-roasted beans | |
Reducing or removing caffeine | |
Washing apparatus for coffee cherries and beans |
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Coffee roasting machines |
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Coffee mills |
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Processes for treating roasted coffee
All roasted coffee compositions, except flavoured roasted coffee composition, Those roasted coffee compositions may be characterized by e.g. physical properties such as particle size distribution, density, moisture content
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Capsules, pads, pods or cartridges for use in coffee making machines. |
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Removal of caffeine and decaffeinated coffee.
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Removal of caffeine from liquid or dried coffee extract.
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Infusions and extracts of roasted coffee.
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Extracts from coffee cherries or non-roasted coffee beans | |
Adding ingredients to non-alcoholic beverages | |
Foods containing plants extracts additives, e.g. tea or coffee | |
Cosmetic preparation containing material of vegetable origin | |
Constituents isolated from coffee extract and used for medicinal purposes |
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Ready-to-drink coffee beverages in e.g. cans or bottles; liquid coffee extract concentrates
In patent documents, the following abbreviations are often used:
RTD beverage | Ready to drink beverage |
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Brewing, steeping and infusion methods for producing a coffee beverage from roasted coffee beans
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Addition of, or treatment with, enzymes or microorganisms |
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Freeze or chill concentration; cryogenic methods in which a cryogenic gas is sprayed onto liquid coffee extract
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Freeze-drying |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Freeze or chill concentration | Coffee extract is cooled down to form ice crystals, which are then separated |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "Lyophilisation" and "freeze-drying"
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Instant coffee products
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Instant coffee mixtures containing organic additives such as milk powder, whitener, creamer, sugar, sweetener and foaming agents, including instant cappuccino products
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Coffee whitener compositions |
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Mixtures or blends of instant coffee with ground roasted coffee (substitute)
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Instant coffee mixtures, including instant cappuccino products, containing inorganic additives, e.g. foaming agents
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Coffee substitutes, typically based on roasted chicory, roasted cereals or guarana, for preparing a beverage by adding hot water for brewing or infusion; any beverage product explicitly described as a coffee substitute or analog
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Mixtures of coffee substitute substances with roasted coffee or instant coffee |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Non-alcoholic beverages |
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Synthetic coffee flavours |
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Flavouring with artificial or natural substances which do not have a coffee flavour or aroma, or which can not be obtained naturally from coffee
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Stripping | Removing volatile constituents from coffee beans by passing a hot gas (e.g. steam) through the beans |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Stripping | Removing volatile constituents from coffee extract by passing a hot gas (e.g. steam) through the liquid or dried |