IPC Main Group
F02P 3/00 Other electric spark ignition installations characterised by the type of ignition power generation storage
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- Subclass:
- IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
Filing statistics
IPC F02P 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass F02P, which recorded 13,076 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,441 in 2013 to 596 in 2023 (-59%), peaking at 1,641 applications in 2014. The most active applicants in class F02 are TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (8,687 applications), ROBERT BOSCH (8,328 applications) and FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (7,423 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F02P 3/01 Electric spark ignition installations without subsequent energy storage, i.e. energy supplied by an electrical oscillator
- F02P 3/02 having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils
- F02P 3/06 having capacitive energy storage
- F02P 3/12 Piezoelectric ignition; Electrostatic ignition
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8,687
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,328
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 7,423
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 5,732
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,592
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,699
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,541
- DENSO CORPORATION 3,711
- WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 3,486
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,249