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C12P 7/6445

Glycerides

Full Title

Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds > Fats; Fatty oils; Ester-type waxes; Higher fatty acids, i.e. having at least seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain bound to a carboxyl group; Oxidised oils or fats > Fatty acid esters > Glycerides

Filing statistics

CPC C12P 7/6445 belongs to the parent subclass C12P, which recorded 131,947 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,870 in 2013 to 11,919 in 2023 (+10%), peaking at 13,135 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class C12 are HARVARD UNIVERSITY (8,321 applications), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (7,486 applications) and UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (7,320 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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  • C12P 7/6454 by esterification
  • C12P 7/6458 by transesterification, e.g. interesterification, ester interchange, alcoholysis or acidolysis
  • C12P 7/6463 obtained from glyceride producing microorganisms, e.g. single cell oil
  • C12P 7/6472 containing polyunsaturated fatty acid [PUFA] residues, i.e. having two or more double bonds in their backbone
  • C12P 7/6481 Phosphoglycerides (phosphoglycerides having carboxylic acids with less than seven carbon atoms C12P7/62)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C12, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 8,321
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 7,486
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 7,320
  4. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 5,003
  5. INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 4,292
  6. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US 4,213
  7. CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 4,113
  8. JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 3,961
  9. ROCHE CH 3,792
  10. ILLUMINA US 3,692