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C05F 17/05

Treatments involving invertebrates, e.g. worms, flies or maggots

Introduced: January 2020

Full Title

Preparation of fertilisers characterised by biological or biochemical treatment steps, e.g. composting or fermentation > Treatments involving invertebrates, e.g. worms, flies or maggots

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
Subclass:
ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES , , e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE

Filing statistics

IPC C05F 17/05 belongs to the parent subclass C05F, which recorded 57,775 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,815 in 2013 to 5,150 in 2023 (+83%), peaking at 6,775 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class C05 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (895 applications), BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) (387 applications) and GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY (386 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 895
  2. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 387
  3. GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY 386
  4. YARA INTERNATIONAL NO 380
  5. SHENZHEN BATIAN ECOTYPIC ENGINEERING COMPANY 378
  6. SHANDONG SUNWAY LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 327
  7. GUILIN JIEYU ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 283
  8. CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 271
  9. GUANGXI UNIVERSITY 266
  10. NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 231