Feedstock materials

Full Title

Aspects relating to hydrocarbon processing covered by groups C10G1/00 - C10G99/00 > Feedstock materials

Filing statistics

CPC C10G 2300/10 belongs to the parent subclass C10G, which recorded 73,540 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 6,805 in 2013 to 5,869 in 2023 (-14%), peaking at 7,573 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class C10 are SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) (5,831 applications), SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (2,918 applications) and IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) (2,305 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

13 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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C10G 2300/1003 Waste materials
C10G 2300/1011 Biomass
C10G 2300/1022 Fischer-Tropsch products
C10G 2300/1025 Natural gas
C10G 2300/1029 Gas hydrates
C10G 2300/1033 Oil well production fluids
C10G 2300/1037 Hydrocarbon fractions
C10G 2300/107 Atmospheric residues having a boiling point of at least about 538 °C
C10G 2300/1074 Vacuum distillates
C10G 2300/1077 Vacuum residues
C10G 2300/1081 Alkanes
C10G 2300/1088 Olefins
C10G 2300/1096 Aromatics or polyaromatics

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 5,831
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 2,918
IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 2,305
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY US 2,282
UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY (UOP) US 2,268
SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ NL 2,124
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 1,487
CHEVRON CORPORATION US 1,400
PETROCHINA COMPANY 1,372
LUBRIZOL CORPORATION US 1,324