by electric heating

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water > Removing frost > by electric heating

CPC:

Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water (removing ice or water from heat-exchange apparatus in general F28F17/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84) > Removing frost (defrosting cycles F25B47/02) > by electric heating

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F25,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

HAIER SMART HOME 13,215
LG ELECTRONICS KR 8,561
MIDEA 7,315
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 6,041
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY 5,211
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,905
HEFEI HUALING COMPANY 4,633
BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 3,697
QINGDAO HAIER INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT COMPANY 3,376
HAIER SMART HOME CN 3,265

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F25,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

LG ELECTRONICS KR 9,415
HAIER SMART HOME 8,015
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 5,758
BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 3,827
MIDEA 3,769
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 3,417
HAIER SMART HOME CN 3,403
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,329
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES JP 2,908
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY 2,186