DIFF Subgroup
H02H 7/10 for converters; for rectifiers
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions > for converters; for rectifiers
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 54,496
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 10,495
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9,464
- GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 9,339
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,226
- SIEMENS DE 8,218
- DENSO CORPORATION 7,063
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 6,619
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,826
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,094
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 24,515
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 11,346
- SIEMENS DE 9,026
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 9,005
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 6,729
- GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 5,740
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 5,077
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 5,041
- LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 4,442
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,349