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C06C

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

C06C covers detonating and priming devices used to initiate explosive charges, including percussion caps, electric detonators, and non-electric initiators. This subclass also encompasses fuses (both safety and detonating types), chemical lighters that ignite through exothermic reactions, and pyrophoric compositions that spontaneously ignite upon contact with air or moisture. The classification includes the design, manufacture, and composition of these initiation and ignition devices, but excludes the explosives themselves (covered under C06B) and general matches or lighters outside the chemical/pyrophoric scope.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES; CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

CPC: DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES; CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

CPC:

DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES (ammunition fuzes F42C); CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

Pyrophoric Pyrophoric (Greek, meaning fire-bearing) materials are finely divided chemical substances, mostly metals, which at room temperature vehemently react with the oxygen contained in air. The energy released in this oxidation process is sufficient to make substances glow or blaze. Therefore a pyrophoric material can spontaneously ignite in air.

Application references

Ammunition fuzes Initiators (non chemical aspects) Filling fuzes Containers for detonators or fuzes

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • C06C 15/00 Pyrophoric compositions; Flints (chemical lighters C06C9/00; alloys in general C22C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C06C 9/00 Chemical contact igniters; Chemical lighters IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XIAN MODERN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 390
  2. BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 338
  3. INST. OF CHEMICAL MATERIAL, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS 275
  4. HUBEI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CHEMOTECHNOLOGY 232
  5. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 176
  6. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 112
  7. NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA 91
  8. DYNO NOBEL ASIA PACIFIC AU 91
  9. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 86
  10. BAE SYSTEMS GB 84

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XIAN MODERN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 309
  2. BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 295
  3. INST. OF CHEMICAL MATERIAL, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS 216
  4. HUBEI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CHEMOTECHNOLOGY 187
  5. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 120
  6. DYNO NOBEL ASIA PACIFIC AU 108
  7. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 102
  8. DAICEL CORPORATION JP 102
  9. BAE SYSTEMS GB 91
  10. DYNO NOBEL US 88