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C04B 41/60

of only artificial stone

Introduced: January 1985

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics; Treatment of natural stone > of only artificial stone

CPC:

After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics; Treatment of natural stone (conditioning of the materials prior to shaping C04B40/00; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05; grinding or polishing B24; apparatus or processes for treating or working shaped articles of clay or other ceramic compositions, slag or mixtures containing cementitious material B28B11/00; working stone or stone-like materials B28D; glazes, other than cold glazes, C03C8/00; etching, surface-brightening or pickling compositions C09K13/00) > of only artificial stone

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 1985.

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  • C04B 41/72 involving the removal of part of the materials of the treated articles, e.g. etching since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,095
  2. WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,205
  3. NGK INSULATORS JP 1,133
  4. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 1,049
  5. SIKA TECHNOLOGY CH 1,041
  6. GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 807
  7. WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 806
  8. SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY 801
  9. CORNING US 777
  10. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY US 739

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 2,158
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,569
  3. NGK INSULATORS JP 1,504
  4. SIKA TECHNOLOGY CH 1,181
  5. CORNING US 974
  6. WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 926
  7. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY US 882
  8. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 828
  9. MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION JP 792
  10. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 686