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F23J 11/00

Devices for conducting smoke or fumes, e.g. flues (chimney stacks E04H12/28; removing cooking fumes from domestic stoves or ranges F24C15/20 )

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  • F23J 11/02 for conducting smoke or fumes originating from various locations to the outside, e.g. in locomotive sheds, in garages
  • F23J 11/08 for portable apparatus
  • F23J 11/10 for tents; for log huts; for other inflammable structures
  • F23J 11/12 Smoke conduit systems for factories or large buildings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,581
  2. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,180
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,157
  4. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 994
  5. XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 769
  6. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 701
  7. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 695
  8. RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 587
  9. NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 543
  10. GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 490