IPC Main Group
C04B 103/00 Function or property of the active ingredients
Introduced: January 1995
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
- Subclass:
- LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C04B 103/1 Accelerators
- C04B 103/2 Retarders
- C04B 103/3 Water reducers, plasticisers, air-entrainers
- C04B 103/4 Surface-active agents; Dispersants
- C04B 103/42 Pore formers
- C04B 103/44 Thickening, gelling or viscosity increasing agents
- C04B 103/46 Water-loss reducers, hygroscopic or hydrophilic agents
- C04B 103/48 Foam stabilisers
- C04B 103/5 Defoamers; Air detrainers
- C04B 103/52 Grinding aids
- C04B 103/54 Pigments; Dyes
- C04B 103/56 Opacifiers
- C04B 103/6 Agents for protection against chemical, physical or biological attack
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,095
- WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 1,205
- NGK INSULATORS JP 1,133
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 1,049
- SIKA TECHNOLOGY CH 1,041
- GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 807
- WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 806
- SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY 801
- CORNING US 777
- UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY US 739