B09 DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
Description
B09 covers technologies and methods for the final disposal of solid waste materials and the remediation of soil contaminated with pollutants or hazardous substances. This includes mechanical, chemical, and biological treatment processes; landfill engineering; incineration systems; waste compaction and containment; and soil reclamation techniques such as excavation, chemical treatment, and bioremediation. The class encompasses both the operational procedures and equipment used in waste management facilities, excluding waste collection and transport operations, which fall under other B sections.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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- B09B DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading since 1980 +1 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B09C RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL (gatherers for removing stone or the like from the soil A01B43/00; sterilising soil by steam A01G11/00; removing undesirable matter, e.g. rubbish, from the land E01H15/00) heading since 1995 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 776
- TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION 279
- BEIJING GEOENVIRON ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 247
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 232
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 212
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 208
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 203
- CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY 172
- BCEG ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION COMPANY 167
- UNI-CHARM CORPORATION JP 165
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 533
- UNI-CHARM CORPORATION JP 166
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 160
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 151
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 147
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 144
- JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION JP 141
- BEIJING GEOENVIRON ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 139
- CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY 128
- NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, MEE 124