IPC Main Group
C09K 8/00 Compositions for drilling of boreholes or wells; Compositions for treating boreholes or wells, e.g. for completion or for remedial operations
Introduced: 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:
- MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Filing statistics
IPC C09K 8/00 belongs to the parent subclass C09K, which recorded 265,496 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 22,189 in 2013 to 22,283 in 2023 (+0%), peaking at 26,558 applications in 2018. 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
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C09K 8/02 Well-drilling compositions
- C09K 8/4 Spacer compositions, e.g. compositions used to separate well-drilling from cementing masses
- C09K 8/42 Compositions for cementing, e.g. for cementing casings into boreholes; Compositions for plugging, e.g. for killing wells
- C09K 8/5 Compositions for plastering borehole walls, i.e. compositions for temporary consolidation of borehole walls
- C09K 8/52 Compositions for preventing, limiting or eliminating depositions, e.g. for cleaning
- C09K 8/54 Compositions for inhibition of corrosion in boreholes or wells
- C09K 8/56 Compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells without excessively decreasing the permeability thereof
- C09K 8/58 Compositions for enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons, i.e. for improving the mobility of the oil, e.g. displacing fluids
- C09K 8/6 Compositions for stimulating production by acting on the underground formation
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