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C02F 9/00

Multistage treatment of water, waste water or sewage

Introduced: January 1980

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2023.

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  • C02F 9/20 Portable or detachable small-scale multistage treatment devices, e.g. point of use or laboratory water purification systems since 2023 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,734
  2. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 2,761
  3. MIDEA 1,938
  4. TONGJI UNIVERSITY 1,433
  5. HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1,380
  6. HOHAI UNIVERSITY 1,367
  7. BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,317
  8. CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY 1,248
  9. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 1,229
  10. SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,203

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,531
  2. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 1,700
  3. KURITA WATER IND JP 1,287
  4. TONGJI UNIVERSITY 1,040
  5. CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY 928
  6. ECOLAB US 904
  7. HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 904
  8. BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 878
  9. HOHAI UNIVERSITY 862
  10. EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES US 842