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C07F 5/00

Compounds containing elements of Groups 3 or 13 of the Periodic Table

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Subclass:
ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM

Filing statistics

IPC C07F 5/00 belongs to the parent subclass C07F, which recorded 100,971 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,978 in 2013 to 9,592 in 2023 (+20%), peaking at 10,025 applications in 2022. 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

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Top Applicants

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

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