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H02M 7/72

using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Conversion of AC power input into DC power output; Conversion of DC power input into AC power output > with possibility of reversal > by static converters > using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 54,496
  2. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 10,495
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9,464
  4. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 9,339
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,226
  6. SIEMENS DE 8,218
  7. DENSO CORPORATION 7,063
  8. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 6,619
  9. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,826
  10. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,094

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 24,515
  2. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 11,346
  3. SIEMENS DE 9,026
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 9,005
  5. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 6,729
  6. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 5,740
  7. DENSO CORPORATION JP 5,077
  8. LG ELECTRONICS KR 5,041
  9. LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 4,442
  10. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,349