CPC Main Group Additional Only
F02B 2720/00 Engines with liquid fuel
Filing statistics
CPC F02B 2720/00 belongs to the parent subclass F02B, which recorded 73,405 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 7,207 in 2013 to 3,166 in 2023 (-56%), peaking at 9,245 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class F02 are ROBERT BOSCH (8,801 applications), FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (8,171 applications) and GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (6,957 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- F02B 2720/10 Mixture compressing engines for liquid fuel
- F02B 2720/12 Four stroke engines with ignition device
- F02B 2720/13 Two stroke engines with ignition device
- F02B 2720/15 Mixture compressing engines with ignition device and mixture formation in the cylinder
- F02B 2720/16 Mixture compressing engines with ignition by compression or other heat
- F02B 2720/20 Air compressing engines with ignition by the heat of compression
- F02B 2720/22 Four stroke engines
- F02B 2720/23 Two stroke engines
- F02B 2720/25 Supply of fuel in the cylinder
- F02B 2720/27 Air compressing engines with hot-bulb ignition
- F02B 2720/30 Engines with air compression and ignition device
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,801
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 8,171
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 6,957
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 5,390
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,250
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 5,214
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,149
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 3,400
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,388
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,332