CPC Subgroup Additional Only
C04B 2235/349 Clays, e.g. bentonites, smectites such as montmorillonite, vermiculites or kaolines, e.g. illite, talc or sepiolite
Full Title
Aspects relating to ceramic starting mixtures or sintered ceramic products > Composition of constituents of the starting material or of secondary phases of the final product > Constituents and secondary phases not being of a fibrous nature > Non-metal oxides, non-metal mixed oxides, or salts thereof that form the non-metal oxides upon heating, e.g. carbonates, nitrates, (oxy)hydroxides, chlorides > Clays, e.g. bentonites, smectites such as montmorillonite, vermiculites or kaolines, e.g. illite, talc or sepiolite
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 2,158
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,569
- NGK INSULATORS JP 1,504
- SIKA TECHNOLOGY CH 1,181
- CORNING US 974
- WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 926
- UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY US 882
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 828
- MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION JP 792
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 686