F26 DRYING
Description
Drying of solid or semi-solid materials by removal of moisture or other volatile liquids, including industrial drying equipment, processes, and methods. Covers tunnel dryers, chamber dryers, spray dryers, freeze dryers, and drum dryers used across industries such as food processing, textiles, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Encompasses both the mechanical apparatus and operational techniques for controlling temperature, humidity, and air circulation to achieve desired moisture reduction.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- F26B DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27) heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 392
- TRUKING TECHNOLOGY 292
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 258
- MENGZHOU YUANHONG DRYING EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 190
- HAIER SMART HOME 176
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 174
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 166
- SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 162
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 157
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 152
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 487
- DUERR SYSTEMS DE 205
- SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 200
- SEMES COMPANY KR 187
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 181
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 178
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 168
- LG CHEM KR 166
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 139
- SCREEN HOLDINGS 127