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C07H 3/00

Compounds containing only hydrogen atoms and saccharide radicals having only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Subclass:
SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS

Filing statistics

IPC C07H 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass C07H, which recorded 56,151 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 5,309 in 2013 to 3,669 in 2023 (-31%), peaking at 5,733 applications in 2015. 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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  • C07H 3/02 Monosaccharides
  • C07H 3/04 Disaccharides
  • C07H 3/06 Oligosaccharides, i.e. having three to five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages
  • C07H 3/08 Deoxysugars; Unsaturated sugars; Osones
  • C07H 3/1 Anhydrosugars, e.g. epoxides

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