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E21C 27/16

with means for both slitting and breaking-down

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Machines which completely free the mineral from the seam > by both slitting and breaking-down > breaking-down effected by force or pressure applied to side of slit, e.g. by wedges > with means for both slitting and breaking-down

CPC:

Machines which completely free the mineral from the seam > by both slitting and breaking-down > breaking-down effected by force or pressure applied to side of slit, e.g. by wedges (breaking-down by means inserted in boreholes E21C37/00) > with means for both slitting and breaking-down

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 26,607
  2. PETROCHINA COMPANY 14,382
  3. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 10,137
  4. CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 6,517
  5. BAKER HUGHES US 6,269
  6. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 5,929
  7. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 5,880
  8. SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY 4,477
  9. CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 4,357
  10. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,219

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 27,652
  2. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 7,755
  3. PETROCHINA COMPANY 7,025
  4. BAKER HUGHES US 6,589
  5. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 6,151
  6. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 4,443
  7. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,255
  8. CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 3,991
  9. SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER FR 3,300
  10. SCHLUMBERGER CANADA CA 3,086