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C10L 2290/00

Fuel preparation or upgrading, processes or apparatus therefore, comprising specific process steps or apparatus units

29 direct subcodes

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  • C10L 2290/02 Combustion or pyrolysis
  • C10L 2290/04 Gasification
  • C10L 2290/06 Heat exchange, direct or indirect
  • C10L 2290/08 Drying or removing water
  • C10L 2290/10 Recycling of a stream within the process or apparatus to reuse elsewhere therein
  • C10L 2290/12 Regeneration of a solvent, catalyst, adsorbent or any other component used to treat or prepare a fuel
  • C10L 2290/18 Spraying or sprinkling
  • C10L 2290/20 Coating of a fuel as a whole or of a fuel component
  • C10L 2290/22 Impregnation or immersion of a fuel component or a fuel as a whole
  • C10L 2290/24 Mixing, stirring of fuel components
  • C10L 2290/26 Composting, fermenting or anaerobic digestion fuel components or materials from which fuels are prepared
  • C10L 2290/28 Cutting, disintegrating, shredding or grinding
  • C10L 2290/30 Pressing, compressing or compacting
  • C10L 2290/32 Molding or moulds
  • C10L 2290/34 Applying ultrasonic energy
  • C10L 2290/36 Applying radiation such as microwave, IR, UV
  • C10L 2290/38 Applying an electric field or inclusion of electrodes in the apparatus
  • C10L 2290/40 Applying a magnetic field or inclusion of magnets in the apparatus
  • C10L 2290/42 Fischer-Tropsch steps

Top Applicants

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

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