DIFF Main Group
C09K 8/00 Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
Introduced: January 2006
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2006.
Child Classifications
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- C09K 8/40 Spacer compositions, e.g. compositions used to separate well-drilling from cementing masses since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/42 Compositions for cementing, e.g. for cementing casings into boreholes; Compositions for plugging, e.g. for killing wells (compositions for plastering C09K8/50) since 2006 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/50 Compositions for plastering borehole walls, i.e. compositions for temporary consolidation of borehole walls (compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells C09K8/56) since 2006 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/52 Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/54 Compositions for in situ inhibition of corrosion in boreholes or wells since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/56 Compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells without excessively decreasing the permeability thereof (compositions for plastering borehole walls C09K8/50; ) since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/58 Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C09K 8/60 Compositions for stimulating production by acting on the underground formation since 2006 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class C09,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 6,420
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,752
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 5,650
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 5,635
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,844
- MERCK PATENT DE 4,779
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 4,311
- FUJIFILM JP 4,205
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 4,039
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 3,931
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class C09,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 7,954
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 6,584
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 6,500
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 6,490
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 6,324
- FUJIFILM JP 5,832
- MERCK PATENT DE 5,481
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,147
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,105
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3,584