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C08L 25/16

Homopolymers or copolymers of alkyl-substituted styrenes

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by an aromatic carbocyclic ring; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers > Homopolymers or copolymers of hydrocarbons > Homopolymers or copolymers of alkyl-substituted styrenes

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
Subclass:
COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS

Filing statistics

IPC C08L 25/16 belongs to the parent subclass C08L, which recorded 517,484 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 39,132 in 2013 to 41,491 in 2023 (+6%), peaking at 54,694 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class C08 are LG CHEM (14,262 applications), DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (12,486 applications) and BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) (9,858 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. LG CHEM KR 14,262
  2. DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 12,486
  3. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 9,858
  4. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 7,877
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,993
  6. FUJIFILM JP 5,049
  7. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 4,923
  8. SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 4,517
  9. BOREALIS AT 4,213
  10. ARKEMA FR 4,098