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C02F 5/02

Softening water by precipitation of the hardness

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2023

Full Title

Softening water; Preventing scale; Adding scale preventatives or scale removers to water, e.g. adding sequestering agents > Softening water by precipitation of the hardness

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
Subclass:
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,734
  2. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 2,761
  3. MIDEA 1,938
  4. TONGJI UNIVERSITY 1,433
  5. HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1,380
  6. HOHAI UNIVERSITY 1,367
  7. BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,317
  8. CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY 1,248
  9. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 1,229
  10. SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,203