Displacing liquid, e.g. from wet solids or from dispersions of liquids or from solids in liquids, by means of another liquid

Filing statistics

CPC B01D 12/00 belongs to the parent subclass B01D, which recorded 535,388 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 27,086 in 2013 to 52,287 in 2023 (+93%), peaking at 67,231 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B01 are SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) (10,345 applications), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (8,352 applications) and BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) (5,134 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings