IPC Subgroup
F17D 1/08 for liquids or viscous products
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Pipe-line systems > for liquids or viscous products
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- Subclass:
- PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F17D 1/12 Conveying liquids or viscous products by pressure of another fluid
- F17D 1/13 Conveying liquids or viscous products by gravity
- F17D 1/14 Conveying liquids or viscous products by pumping
- F17D 1/16 Facilitating the conveyance of liquids or effecting the conveyance of viscous products by modification of their viscosity
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F17, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 1,622
- GAZ TRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ FR 1,588
- L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE FR 1,470
- SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 1,287
- HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 989
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 830
- LINDE DE 703
- SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 666
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 654
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 511