B07C 5/00 Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches (sorting by hand only B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
CPC: Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches (sorting by hand only B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches (sorting by hand only B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B07C 5/02 Measures preceding sorting, e.g. arranging articles in a stream orientating IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B07C 5/16 Sorting according to weight (sorting eggs A01K43/00; weighing apparatus per se G01G) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B07C 5/36 Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B07,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ANHUI JIEXUN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 444
- HENAN WINNER VIBRATING EQUIPMENT COMPANY 386
- DERRICK CORPORATION US 370
- SOLYSTIC FR 359
- XINXIANG ZHEN YING MACHINERY EQUIPMENT COMPANY 347
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 288
- CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 269
- CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 230
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 230
- XINXIANG GAOFU MACHINERY COMPANY 229
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B07,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DERRICK CORPORATION US 427
- SOLYSTIC FR 370
- M-I SWACO US 223
- SATAKE CORPORATION JP 190
- ANHUI JIEXUN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 186
- SIEMENS DE 175
- UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE US 158
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 156
- UNITEC IT 150
- XINXIANG ZHEN YING MACHINERY EQUIPMENT COMPANY 149