IPC Subgroup
B07C 5/1 measured by light-responsive means
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches > Sorting according to size > measured by light-responsive means
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- Subclass:
- POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ANHUI JIEXUN OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 444
- HENAN WINNER VIBRATING EQUIPMENT COMPANY 386
- DERRICK CORPORATION US 370
- SOLYSTIC FR 359
- XINXIANG ZHEN YING MACHINERY EQUIPMENT COMPANY 347
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 288
- CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 269
- CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 230
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 230
- XINXIANG GAOFU MACHINERY COMPANY 229