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B22D 30/00

Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group (accessories for cooling cast stock in continuous casting of metals B22D11/124; controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould in continuous casting of metals B22D11/22; chill casting B22D15/00)

Introduced: January 1990

Title

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IPC: Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group

CPC: Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group (accessories for cooling cast stock in continuous casting of metals B22D11/124; controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould in continuous casting of metals B22D11/22; chill casting B22D15/00)

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Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group

CPC:

Cooling castings, not restricted to casting processes covered by a single main group (accessories for cooling cast stock in continuous casting of metals B22D11/124; controlling or regulating processes or operations for cooling cast stock or mould in continuous casting of metals B22D11/22; chill casting B22D15/00)

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,719
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,489
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,248
  4. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,043
  5. SIEMENS DE 1,028
  6. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 959
  7. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 891
  8. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 786
  9. UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING 769
  10. JFE STEEL JP 761

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,157
  2. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 1,633
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,267
  4. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,124
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,040
  6. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,015
  7. JFE STEEL JP 884
  8. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 810
  9. HITACHI METALS JP 641
  10. SINTOKOGIO JP 624