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Y02W 30/50

Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies

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Technologies for solid waste management > Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies

13 direct subcodes

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  • Y02W 30/52 Mechanical processing of waste for the recovery of materials, e.g. crushing, shredding, separation or disassembly
  • Y02W 30/56 of vehicles
  • Y02W 30/58 Construction or demolition [C&D] waste
  • Y02W 30/60 Glass recycling
  • Y02W 30/62 Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling
  • Y02W 30/64 Paper recycling
  • Y02W 30/66 Disintegrating fibre-containing textile articles to obtain fibres for re-use
  • Y02W 30/74 Recovery of fats, fatty oils, fatty acids or other fatty substances, e.g. lanolin or waxes
  • Y02W 30/78 Recycling of wood or furniture waste
  • Y02W 30/80 Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging (bio-packaging Y02W90/10)
  • Y02W 30/82 Recycling of waste of electrical or electronic equipment [WEEE]
  • Y02W 30/84 Recycling of batteries or fuel cells
  • Y02W 30/91 Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class Y02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 30,705
  2. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 29,065
  3. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,908
  4. LG CHEM KR 22,513
  5. LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,650
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 18,015
  7. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 17,857
  8. ROBERT BOSCH DE 16,262
  9. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 14,408
  10. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 12,474