IPC Main Group
C09B 67/00 Influencing the physical, e.g. the dyeing or printing, properties of dyestuffs without chemical reaction, e.g. by treating with solvents; Process features in the making of dyestuff preparations; Dyestuff preparations of a special physical nature, e.g. tablets, films
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES; MORDANTS; LAKES
Filing statistics
IPC C09B 67/00 belongs to the parent subclass C09B, which recorded 27,838 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 2,880 in 2013 to 1,697 in 2023 (-41%), peaking at 2,986 applications in 2014. The most active applicants in class C09 are LG CHEM (6,420 applications), NITTO DENKO CORPORATION (5,752 applications) and HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP (5,650 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
17 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C09B 67/02 Dyestuff preparations characterised by special physical forms, e.g. tablets, films
- C09B 67/04 Grinding or milling
- C09B 67/06 Drying
- C09B 67/08 Coated particulate pigments or dyes
- C09B 67/1 Influencing the physical properties by treatment with a liquid, e.g. solvents
- C09B 67/14 Influencing the physical properties by treatment with an acid
- C09B 67/18 Influencing the physical properties by treatment with an amine
- C09B 67/2 Preparations of organic pigments
- C09B 67/22 Mixtures of different pigments or dyes or solid solutions of pigments or dyes
- C09B 67/24 Preparations of acid dyes or reactive dyes
- C09B 67/28 Preparations of vat or sulfur dyes
- C09B 67/32 Preparations of cationic or basic dyes
- C09B 67/36 Azoic dyestuff preparations
- C09B 67/38 Preparations of disperse dyes
- C09B 67/42 Preparations of dyes not provided for in a single one of groups
- C09B 67/48 Crystalline modifications of pigments or dyestuff
- C09B 67/54 Separation; Purification
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C09, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG CHEM KR 6,420
- NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 5,752
- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 5,650
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 5,635
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,844
- MERCK PATENT DE 4,779
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 4,311
- FUJIFILM JP 4,205
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 4,039
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 3,931