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F02C 3/26

the fuel or oxidant being solid or pulverulent, e.g. in slurry or suspension

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid > using a special fuel, oxidant, or dilution fluid to generate the combustion products > the fuel or oxidant being solid or pulverulent, e.g. in slurry or suspension

CPC:

Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid (generated by intermittent combustion F02C5/00) > using a special fuel, oxidant, or dilution fluid to generate the combustion products > the fuel or oxidant being solid or pulverulent, e.g. in slurry or suspension

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1980.

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  • F02C 3/28 using a separate gas producer for gasifying the fuel before combustion since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8,687
  2. ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,328
  3. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 7,423
  4. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 5,732
  5. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,592
  6. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,699
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,541
  8. DENSO CORPORATION 3,711
  9. WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 3,486
  10. SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,249

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,801
  2. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 8,171
  3. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 6,957
  4. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 5,390
  5. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,250
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 5,214
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,149
  8. DENSO CORPORATION JP 3,400
  9. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,388
  10. SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,332