DIFF Main Group
E21C 37/00 Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading (breaking-down by means inserted in slits E21C27/14)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading
CPC: Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading (breaking-down by means inserted in slits E21C27/14)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading
CPC:
Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading (breaking-down by means inserted in slits E21C27/14)
Of 9 combined children, 8 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E21C 37/04 by devices with parts pressed mechanically against the wall of a borehole IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E21C 37/06 by making use of hydraulic or pneumatic pressure in a borehole IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E21C 37/16 by fire-setting or by similar methods based on a heat effect (drilling by use of heat E21B7/14) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E21C 37/22 Hand tools or hand-held power-operated tools specially adapted for dislodging minerals (slitting machines guided solely by hand E21C25/64) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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