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C08F 4/64

Titanium, zirconium, hafnium or compounds thereof

Introduced: July 1974

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Titanium, zirconium, hafnium, or compounds thereof

CPC: Titanium, zirconium, hafnium or compounds thereof

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Polymerisation catalysts > Metals; Metal hydrides; Metallo-organic compounds; Use thereof as catalyst precursors > selected from light metals, zinc, cadmium, mercury, copper, silver, gold, boron, gallium, indium, thallium, rare earths, or actinides > together with refractory metals, iron group metals, platinum group metals, manganese, technetium, rhenium, or compounds thereof > Refractory metals or compounds thereof > Titanium, zirconium, hafnium, or compounds thereof

CPC:

Polymerisation catalysts > Metals; Metal hydrides; Metallo-organic compounds; Use thereof as catalyst precursors > selected from light metals, zinc, cadmium, mercury, copper, silver, gold, boron, gallium, indium, thallium, rare earths or actinides > together with refractory metals, iron group metals, platinum group metals, manganese, rhenium or compounds thereof > Refractory metals or compounds thereof > Titanium, zirconium, hafnium or compounds thereof

Of 8 combined children, 7 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. LG CHEM KR 14,262
  2. DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 12,486
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 9,858
  4. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 7,877
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,993
  6. FUJIFILM JP 5,049
  7. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 4,923
  8. SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 4,517
  9. BOREALIS AT 4,213
  10. ARKEMA FR 4,098

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. LG CHEM KR 15,432
  2. DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 14,214
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 11,155
  4. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 6,455
  5. FUJIFILM JP 6,178
  6. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,569
  7. SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 5,506
  8. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 5,443
  9. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 4,635
  10. NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 4,620