CPC Main Group
F02M 37/00 Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
Filing statistics
CPC F02M 37/00 belongs to the parent subclass F02M, which recorded 90,596 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 9,516 in 2013 to 4,038 in 2023 (-58%), peaking at 11,410 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
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F02M 37/02 Feeding by means of suction apparatus, e.g. by air flow through carburettors (by driven pumps F02M37/04)
- F02M 37/04 Feeding by means of driven pumps
- F02M 37/20 characterised by means for preventing vapour lock
- F02M 37/22 Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines, e.g. arrangements in the feeding system
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