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F23

COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES

Description

Class F23 encompasses mechanical systems and processes for controlled combustion of fuels, including furnaces, boilers, burners, and combustion chambers across industrial, domestic, and specialized applications. It covers fuel supply mechanisms, ignition systems, flame control, exhaust gas handling, and combustion efficiency optimization for solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels. The class includes both stationary combustion apparatus (such as heating systems and power generation equipment) and associated combustion processes, but excludes internal combustion engines (F02), which are classified separately despite their reliance on combustion principles.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.

10 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,124
  2. XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 1,369
  3. NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 1,363
  4. SIEMENS DE 997
  5. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 937
  6. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 898
  7. VATTI 815
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 719
  9. RINNAI COMPANY 708
  10. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 670

Top Applicants (CPC)

2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,581
  2. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,180
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,157
  4. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 994
  5. XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 769
  6. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 701
  7. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 695
  8. RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 587
  9. NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 543
  10. GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 490