F26B 3/04 the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: the gas or vapour circulating over, or surrounding, the materials or objects to be dried
CPC: the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat > by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air > the gas or vapour circulating over, or surrounding, the materials or objects to be dried
Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat (in specific machines or apparatus F26B9/00 - F26B19/00) > by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air > the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence)
No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F26,2013–2023, 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)
Class F26,2013–2023, 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