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H01M 10/42

Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence)

Introduced: July 1974

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells

CPC: Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof > Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells

CPC:

Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof > Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence)

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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  • H01M 10/4207 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4214 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4221 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4228 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4235 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4242 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 10/4285 CPC only CPC only
  • H01M 2010/4292 2nd only CPC only CPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
  3. LG CHEM KR 21,383
  4. APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
  5. LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
  6. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
  8. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
  10. TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 37,897
  2. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 36,116
  3. APPLIED MATERIALS US 21,640
  4. LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,770
  5. LG CHEM KR 19,835
  6. TOKYO ELECTRON JP 18,519
  7. ROBERT BOSCH DE 14,595
  8. INTEL CORPORATION US 13,580
  9. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 12,151
  10. SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY KR 12,080