Preparation of hydrocarbons from one or more compounds, none of them being a hydrocarbon

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Subclass:: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

Filing statistics

IPC C07C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass C07C, which recorded 319,159 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 28,346 in 2013 to 26,894 in 2023 (-5%), peaking at 30,398 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class C07 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (12,697 applications), ROCHE (11,347 applications) and SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) (11,024 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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C07C 1/02 from oxides of carbon
C07C 1/2 starting from organic compounds containing only oxygen atoms as hetero atoms
C07C 1/26 starting from organic compounds containing only halogen atoms as hetero atoms
C07C 1/32 starting from compounds containing hetero atoms other than, or in addition to, oxygen or halogen
C07C 1/36 by splitting of esters

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 12,697
ROCHE CH 11,347
SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 11,024
NOVARTIS CH 9,356
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 8,531
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY US 7,320
LG CHEM KR 7,245
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 6,816
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 6,190
GENENTECH US 5,922