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DIFF Subgroup
B01F 33/30

Micromixers

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers > Micromixers

Additional Content IPC

Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of microstructural devices or systems

CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 8 additional codes.

8 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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  • B01F 33/3031 using electro-hydrodynamic [EHD] or electro-kinetic [EKI] phenomena to mix or move the fluids since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B01F 33/3032 using magneto-hydrodynamic [MHD] phenomena to mix or move the fluids since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B01F 33/3033 using heat to mix or move the fluids since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B01F 33/3034 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/3036 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/3037 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/3038 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/3039 with mixing achieved by diffusion between layers since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B01F 33/304 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/3045 CPC only CPC only
  • B01F 33/305 CPC only CPC only

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