C08F 18/02 Esters of monocarboxylic acids
Full Title
Homopolymers and copolymers 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 an acyloxy radical of a saturated carboxylic acid, of carbonic acid or of a haloformic acid > Esters of monocarboxylic acids
Filing statistics
CPC C08F 18/02 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
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C08F 18/04 Vinyl esters
- C08F 18/12 with unsaturated alcohols containing three or more carbon atoms
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