C08F 122/10 Esters
Full Title
Homopolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a carboxyl radical and containing at least one other carboxyl radical in the molecule; Salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof > Esters
Filing statistics
CPC C08F 122/10 belongs to the parent subclass C08F, which recorded 237,976 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 14,700 in 2013 to 19,629 in 2023 (+34%), peaking at 25,260 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class C08 are LG CHEM (15,432 applications), DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (14,214 applications) and BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) (11,155 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C08F 122/12 of phenols or saturated alcohols
- C08F 122/26 of unsaturated alcohols
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 15,432
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 14,214
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 11,155
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 6,455
- FUJIFILM JP 6,178
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,569
- SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 5,506
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 5,443
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 4,635
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 4,620