CPC Main Group
F01C 1/00 Rotary-piston machines or engines (with axes of co-operating members non parallel F01C3/00; with the working-chamber walls at least partly resiliently deformable F01C5/00; with fluid ring or the like F01C7/00; rotary-piston machines or engines in which the working fluid is exclusively displaced by, or exclusively displaces, one or more reciprocating pistons F01B13/00)
Filing statistics
CPC F01C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass F01C, which recorded 11,139 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,330 in 2013 to 549 in 2023 (-59%), peaking at 1,372 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class F01 are GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (9,989 applications), UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) (8,110 applications) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (6,248 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F01C 1/02 of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
- F01C 1/08 of intermeshing engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
- F01C 1/22 of internal-axis type with equidirectional movement of co-operating members at the points of engagement, or with one of the co-operating members being stationary, the inner member having more teeth or tooth- equivalents than the outer member
- F01C 1/24 of counter-engagement type, i.e. the movement of co-operating members at the points of engagement being in opposite directions
- F01C 1/30 having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F01C1/02, F01C1/08, F01C1/22, F01C1/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 9,989
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 8,110
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 6,248
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,530
- SIEMENS DE 4,461
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,029
- RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 3,947
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 3,734
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 3,415
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 3,063