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H05B 7/10

Mountings, supports, terminals or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Mountings, supports, terminals, or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes

CPC: Mountings, supports, terminals or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Heating by electric discharge > Details > Mountings, supports, terminals, or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes

CPC:

Heating by electric discharge (plasma torches H05H1/26) > Details > Mountings, supports, terminals or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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  • H05B 7/107 specially adapted for self-baking electrodes since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H05B 7/109 Feeding arrangements (H05B7/107 takes precedence; where the electrode movement is part of a closed loop for automatic control of power H05B7/148) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,201
  2. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6,828
  3. SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 3,988
  4. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,564
  5. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,533
  6. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 3,310
  7. FUJI JP 2,870
  8. SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 2,675
  9. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2,665
  10. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 2,634

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
  2. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
  4. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
  5. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
  6. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
  8. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
  9. FUJI JP 2,987
  10. SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907