CPC Subgroup
F22B 37/02 applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
Full Title
Component parts or details of steam boilers > applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
Filing statistics
CPC F22B 37/02 belongs to the parent subclass F22B, which recorded 24,387 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,821 in 2013 to 2,125 in 2023 (+17%), peaking at 2,634 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class F22 are XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY (544 applications), SIEMENS (306 applications) and PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS (258 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- F22B 37/04 and characterised by material, e.g. use of special steel alloy
- F22B 37/06 Flue or fire tubes; Accessories therefor, e.g. fire-tube inserts
- F22B 37/10 Water tubes; Accessories therefor
- F22B 37/22 Drums; Headers; Accessories therefor
- F22B 37/24 Supporting, suspending or setting arrangements, e.g. heat shielding
- F22B 37/26 Steam-separating arrangements
- F22B 37/34 Adaptations of boilers for promoting water circulation (auxiliary devices for promoting water circulation F22D7/00)
- F22B 37/36 Arrangements for sheathing or casing boilers
- F22B 37/38 Determining or indicating operating conditions in steam boilers, e.g. monitoring direction or rate of water flow through water tubes
- F22B 37/40 Arrangements of partition walls in flues of steam boilers, e.g. built-up from baffles
- F22B 37/42 Applications, arrangements or dispositions of alarm or automatic safety devices (for feed-water heaters F22D1/14 )
- F22B 37/48 Devices or arrangements for removing water, minerals or sludge from boilers (cleaning water tubes, furnace tubes or the like of boilers F28G)
- F22B 37/56 Boiler cleaning control devices, e.g. for ascertaining proper duration of boiler blow-down
- F22B 37/58 Removing tubes from headers or drums; Extracting tools
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 544
- SIEMENS DE 306
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 258
- GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 254
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 235
- XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 214
- MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 195
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 169
- HARBIN BOILER COMPANY 166
- VALMET TECHNOLOGIES FI 155