CPC Main Group
F02B 45/00 Engines characterised by operating on non-liquid fuels other than gas; Plants including such engines (plants involving generation of gaseous fuel from solid fuel F02B43/08; engines convertible from gas to other fuel consumption F02B69/04)
Filing statistics
CPC F02B 45/00 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
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F02B 45/02 operating on powdered fuel, e.g. powdered coal (operating on fuel containing oxidant F02B45/06)
- F02B 45/06 operating on fuel containing oxidant
- F02B 45/08 operating on other solid fuels
- F02B 45/10 operating on mixtures of liquid and non-liquid fuels, e.g. in pasty or foamed state
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