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D21C 3/00

Pulping cellulose-containing materials

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
TEXTILES; PAPER
Class:
PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
Subclass:
PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE- CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR

Related Keywords

COOKING of cellulosic materials to obtain paper pulpDIGESTING cellulosic materialsdigesting of LIGNOCELLULOSIC for paper productionPULPING of cellulosic materialpulping of STRAW(S)pulping of WOOD

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • D21C 3/02 with inorganic bases or alkaline reacting compounds, e.g. sulfate processes
  • D21C 3/18 with halogens or halogen-generating compounds
  • D21C 3/2 with organic solvents

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. VOITH PATENT DE 1,809
  2. STORA ENSO FI 1,467
  3. KEMIRA FI 1,086
  4. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 935
  5. VALMET TECHNOLOGIES FI 924
  6. VALMET SE 904
  7. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 862
  8. OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION 696
  9. OMYA INTERNATIONAL CH 584
  10. SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 571