IPC Main Group
C08L 57/00 Compositions of unspecified polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
- Subclass:
- COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C08L 57/02 Copolymers of mineral oil hydrocarbons
- C08L 57/04 Copolymers in which only the monomer in minority is defined
- C08L 57/06 Homopolymers or copolymers containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 14,262
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 12,486
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 9,858
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 7,877
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,993
- FUJIFILM JP 5,049
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 4,923
- SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 4,517
- BOREALIS AT 4,213
- ARKEMA FR 4,098