E21B 7/18 Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets (E21B7/14 takes precedence)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
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IPC: Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
CPC: Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets (E21B7/14 takes precedence)
Full Title
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Special methods or apparatus for drilling > Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
Special methods or apparatus for drilling > Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets (E21B7/14 takes precedence)
Additional Content IPC
Drilling by use of heat, e.g. flame drilling
Of 1 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class E21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 26,607
- PETROCHINA COMPANY 14,382
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 10,137
- CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 6,517
- BAKER HUGHES US 6,269
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 5,929
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 5,880
- SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY 4,477
- CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 4,357
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,219
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class E21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 27,652
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 7,755
- PETROCHINA COMPANY 7,025
- BAKER HUGHES US 6,589
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 6,151
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 4,443
- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,255
- CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 3,991
- SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER FR 3,300
- SCHLUMBERGER CANADA CA 3,086