IPC Subgroup
B01D 24/1 the filtering material being held in a closed container
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Filters comprising loose filtering material, i.e. filtering material without any binder between the individual particles or fibres thereof > with the filter bed stationary during the filtration > the filtering material being held in a closed container
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- SEPARATION
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B01D 24/12 Downward filtration, the filtering material being supported by pervious surfaces
- B01D 24/14 Downward filtration, the container having distribution or collection headers or pervious conduits
- B01D 24/16 Upward filtration
- B01D 24/18 Combined upward and downward filtration
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 16,893
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,733
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 3,898
- LG CHEM KR 3,367
- PETROCHINA COMPANY 3,224
- IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 3,042
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 2,890
- MANN + HUMMEL DE 2,740
- JOHNSON MATTHEY GB 2,534
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 2,527