DIFF Subgroup
F23K 5/14 Details thereof
Introduced: January 1990
Full Title
Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus > Liquid fuel > Details thereof
Of 6 combined children, 4 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- F23K 5/16 Safety devices (cleaning or purging devices, e.g. filters F23K5/18) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F23K 5/20 Preheating devices (in burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space F23D11/44) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F23K 5/22 Vaporising devices (in burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space F23D11/44) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,124
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 1,369
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 1,363
- SIEMENS DE 997
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 937
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 898
- VATTI 815
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 719
- RINNAI COMPANY 708
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 670
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,581
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,180
- SIEMENS DE 1,157
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 994
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 769
- MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 701
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 695
- RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 587
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 543
- GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 490