DIFF Main Group
B08B 7/00 Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
Introduced: September 1968
CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 6 additional codes.
6 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Child Classifications
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- B08B 7/02 by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,817
- SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 591
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 558
- CHONGQING RUNZE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY 547
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 506
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 490
- SEMES COMPANY KR 464
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 411
- ECOLAB US 380
- PETROCHINA COMPANY 369
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 982
- SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 980
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 739
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 721
- SEMES COMPANY KR 691
- ECOLAB US 515
- SCREEN HOLDINGS 510
- TOKYO ELECTRON 505
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 493
- EBARA CORPORATION JP 475