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IPC Subgroup
C10G 53/02

plural serial stages only

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Treatment of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by two or more refining processes > plural serial stages only

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
Subclass:
CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • C10G 53/08 including at least one sorption step
  • C10G 53/1 including at least one acid-treatment step
  • C10G 53/12 including at least one alkaline-treatment step
  • C10G 53/14 including at least one oxidation step

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 8,875
  2. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 2,245
  3. PETROCHINA COMPANY 2,028
  4. EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY US 1,980
  5. IFPEN (IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES) FR 1,963
  6. SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ NL 1,878
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,829
  8. UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY (UOP) US 1,787
  9. LUBRIZOL CORPORATION US 1,277
  10. BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 1,268