DIFF Main Group
F02C 6/00 Plural gas-turbine plants; Combinations of gas-turbine plants with other apparatus; Adaptations of gas-turbine plants for special use
Introduced: January 1980
Of 7 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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- F02C 6/02 Plural gas-turbine plants having a common power output since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F02C 6/04 Gas-turbine plants providing heated or pressurised working fluid for other apparatus, e.g. without mechanical power output (F02C6/18 takes precedence ) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F02C 6/14 Gas-turbine plants having means for storing energy, e.g. for meeting peak loads since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F02C 6/18 using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants (using waste heat as source of energy for refrigeration plants F25B27/02; using the waste heat of a gasturbine for steam generation or in a steam cycle see F01K23/10) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F02C 6/20 Adaptations of gas-turbine plants for driving vehicles since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8,687
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,328
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 7,423
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 5,732
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,592
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,699
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,541
- DENSO CORPORATION 3,711
- WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 3,486
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,249
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,801
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 8,171
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 6,957
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 5,390
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,250
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 5,214
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,149
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 3,400
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,388
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,332