returning to the fuel tank

Introduced: January 1990

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Other apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel or fuel-air mixture > for collecting and returning condensed fuel > returning to the fuel tank

CPC:

Other apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel or fuel-air mixture (combustion-air cleaners F02M35/00; arrangements for purifying liquid fuel F02M37/22) > for collecting and returning condensed fuel > returning to the fuel tank

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