DIFF Main Group
F17D 3/00 Arrangements for supervising or controlling working operations
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1974.
Child Classifications
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- F17D 3/01 for controlling, signalling, or supervising the conveyance of a product since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F17D 3/03 for controlling, signalling, or supervising the conveyance of several different products following one another in the same conduit, e.g. for switching from one receiving tank to another since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F17D 3/10 for taking out the product in the line (sampling in general, examining the physical or chemical properties of materials G01N) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F17D 3/14 for eliminating water (separation of liquids B01D, e.g. B01D17/00; separation of gases or vapours B01D53/00) since 1974 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F17D 3/16 for eliminating particles in suspension (from liquids by sedimentation B01D21/00; separation by filtration or otherwise B01D24/00 - B01D51/00; centrifugal apparatus B04) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F17D 3/18 for measuring the quantity of conveyed product (measuring volume or volume flow, in general G01F) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F17,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 1,622
- GAZ TRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ FR 1,588
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE FR 1,470
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 1,287
- HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 989
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 830
- LINDE DE 703
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 666
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 654
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 511
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F17,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GAZ TRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ FR 1,718
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE FR 1,633
- DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 1,570
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 1,174
- HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 988
- LINDE DE 757
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 696
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 523
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 515
- KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 456