DIFF Subgroup
H02M 3/335 using semiconductor devices only
Introduced: July 1974
Full Title
Conversion of DC power input into DC power output > with intermediate conversion into AC > by static converters > using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC > using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal > using semiconductor devices only
CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 5 additional codes.
5 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1985.
Child Classifications
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- H02M 3/338 in a self-oscillating arrangement (H02M3/337 takes precedence) since 1985 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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