IPC Main Group
C04B 14/00 Use of inorganic materials as fillers, e.g. pigments, for mortars, concrete or artificial stone; Treatment of inorganic materials specially adapted to enhance their filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone
Introduced: January 1985
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
Filing statistics
IPC C04B 14/00 belongs to the parent subclass C04B, which recorded 267,018 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 18,185 in 2013 to 23,514 in 2023 (+29%), peaking at 27,426 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class C04 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (2,095 applications), WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (1,205 applications) and NGK INSULATORS (1,133 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
inorganic materials as FILLERS
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C04B 14/02 Granular materials
- C04B 14/38 Fibrous materials; Whiskers
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