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C04B 7/38

Preparing or treating the raw materials individually or as batches

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Hydraulic cements > Manufacture of hydraulic cements in general > Preparing or treating the raw materials individually or as batches

CPC:

Hydraulic cements (calcium sulfate cements C04B11/00) > Manufacture of hydraulic cements in general > Preparing or treating the raw materials individually or as batches

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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  • C04B 7/40 Dehydrating; Forming, e.g. granulating (apparatus for granulating B01J2/00) 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