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F27B 5/16

Arrangements of air or gas supply devices

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces; Other furnaces in which the charge is held completely isolated > Details, accessories or equipment specially adapted for furnaces of these types > Arrangements of air or gas supply devices

CPC:

Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces; Other furnaces in which the charge is held completely isolated (furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically or in which the charge moves by gravity F27B9/00) > Details, accessories or equipment specially adapted for furnaces of these types > Arrangements of air or gas supply devices

Of 2 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 885
  2. ZHONGYE CHANGTIAN INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPANY 670
  3. JFE STEEL 621
  4. JFE STEEL JP 492
  5. PAUL WURTH LU 418
  6. OUTOTEC (FINLAND) FI 346
  7. CHINA ENFI ENGINEERING CORPORATION 328
  8. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 310
  9. JINCHUAN GROUP 279
  10. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 262

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 930
  2. JFE STEEL JP 771
  3. PAUL WURTH LU 518
  4. OUTOTEC (FINLAND) FI 436
  5. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 422
  6. REFRACTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & COMPANY AT 370
  7. THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 341
  8. JFE STEEL 323
  9. PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AT 310
  10. ZHONGYE CHANGTIAN INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING COMPANY 299