IPC Main Group
C01F 17/00 Compounds of rare earth metals
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2020
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- Subclass:
- COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THE RARE EARTH METALS
Related Keywords
carbonates, halides, hydroxides, nitrates, oxides, sulfates, sulfides or sulfites of LANTHANIDESSULFIDE(S) of lanthanides
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 5,794
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 3,286
- LG CHEM KR 2,689
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 1,669
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 1,531
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 1,252
- SUMITOMO METAL MINING COMPANY JP 1,073
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 1,061
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 1,058
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,038