DIFF Subgroup
G21F 7/04 Shielded glove-boxes (glove-boxes in general B25J21/02)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Shielded glove-boxes
CPC: Shielded glove-boxes (glove-boxes in general B25J21/02)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Shielded cells or rooms > Shielded glove-boxes
CPC:
Shielded cells or rooms > Shielded glove-boxes (glove-boxes in general B25J21/02)
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- G21F 7/047 Shielded passages; Closing or transferring means between glove-boxes since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA GENERAL NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION 2,364
- CGN POWER COMPANY 1,899
- CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY 1,870
- NUCLEAR POWER INSTITUTE OF CHINA 1,517
- KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE KR 1,367
- WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION US 1,295
- KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY KR 1,196
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,044
- CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY 1,011
- HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY 955
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA GENERAL NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION 1,383
- WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION US 1,347
- KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE KR 1,303
- CGN POWER COMPANY 1,156
- CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING COMPANY 1,149
- KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY KR 1,146
- NUCLEAR POWER INSTITUTE OF CHINA 1,086
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 765
- CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 763
- CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY 659