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C05B 11/12

using aqueous hydrochloric acid

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Fertilisers produced by wet-treating or leaching raw materials either with acids in such amounts and concentrations as to yield solutions followed by neutralisation, or with alkaline lyes > using mineral acid > using aqueous hydrochloric acid

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 895
  2. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 387
  3. GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY 386
  4. YARA INTERNATIONAL NO 380
  5. SHENZHEN BATIAN ECOTYPIC ENGINEERING COMPANY 378
  6. SHANDONG SUNWAY LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 327
  7. GUILIN JIEYU ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 283
  8. CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 271
  9. GUANGXI UNIVERSITY 266
  10. NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 231

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 654
  2. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 452
  3. YARA INTERNATIONAL NO 434
  4. SHANDONG SUNWAY LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 315
  5. SHENZHEN BATIAN ECOTYPIC ENGINEERING COMPANY 253
  6. GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY 251
  7. GUILIN JIEYU ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 236
  8. GUANGXI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 205
  9. CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 197
  10. KOCH AGRONOMIC SERVICES US 194