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B01D 33/00

Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation (filters comprising loose filtering material moving or fluidised during filtration B01D24/28 - B01D24/36; centrifuges B04B)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation

CPC: Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation (filters comprising loose filtering material moving or fluidised during filtration B01D24/28 - B01D24/36; centrifuges B04B)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation

CPC:

Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation (filters comprising loose filtering material moving or fluidised during filtration B01D24/28 - B01D24/36; centrifuges B04B)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 14 subcodes exist in both systems.

8 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B01D 33/333 with individual filtering elements moving along a closed path (tipping buckets, trays or like sections B01D33/327) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 16,893
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,733
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 3,898
  4. LG CHEM KR 3,367
  5. PETROCHINA COMPANY 3,224
  6. IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 3,042
  7. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 2,890
  8. MANN + HUMMEL DE 2,740
  9. JOHNSON MATTHEY GB 2,534
  10. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 2,527

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 10,345
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 8,352
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,134
  4. LG CHEM KR 4,290
  5. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 3,444
  6. IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 3,417
  7. DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,195
  8. MANN + HUMMEL DE 2,822
  9. JOHNSON MATTHEY GB 2,802
  10. UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY (UOP) US 2,737