Skip to content
Search Classifications
Search for IPC and CPC classification codes or keywords
CPC Subgroup
C01F 7/06

by treating aluminous minerals or waste-like raw materials with alkali hydroxide, e.g. leaching of bauxite according to the Bayer process (obtaining aluminium oxide or hydroxide from the resulting aluminate solution C01F7/14)

Full Title

Compounds of aluminium > Aluminium oxide; Aluminium hydroxide; Aluminates > Preparation of alkali metal aluminates; Aluminium oxide or hydroxide therefrom (C01F7/028 takes precedence) > by treating aluminous minerals or waste-like raw materials with alkali hydroxide, e.g. leaching of bauxite according to the Bayer process (obtaining aluminium oxide or hydroxide from the resulting aluminate solution C01F7/14)

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open

  • C01F 7/0606 Making-up the alkali hydroxide solution from recycled spent liquor
  • C01F 7/0613 Pretreatment of the minerals, e.g. grinding
  • C01F 7/066 Treatment of the separated residue
  • C01F 7/0666 Process control or regulation
  • C01F 7/0673 from phosphate-containing minerals
  • C01F 7/068 from carbonate-containing minerals, e.g. dawsonite
  • C01F 7/0686 from sulfate-containing minerals, e.g. alunite
  • C01F 7/0693 from waste-like raw materials, e.g. fly ash or Bayer calcination dust

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 4,293
  2. LG CHEM KR 3,317
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 2,219
  4. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 2,154
  5. OMYA INTERNATIONAL CH 1,524
  6. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 1,362
  7. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 1,298
  8. SUMITOMO METAL MINING COMPANY JP 1,286
  9. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 1,243
  10. L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE FR 1,238