DIFF Subgroup
B07C 5/365 Full Title
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) > Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
Of 1 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
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