IPC Main Group
F17D 3/00 Arrangements for supervising or controlling working operations
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
- Subclass:
- PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F17D 3/01 for controlling, signalling, or supervising the conveyance of a product
- F17D 3/03 for controlling, signalling, or supervising the conveyance of several different products following one another in the same conduit, e.g. for switching from one receiving tank to another
- F17D 3/1 for taking out the product in the line
- F17D 3/12 for injecting a composition into the line
- F17D 3/14 for eliminating water
- F17D 3/16 for eliminating particles in suspension
- F17D 3/18 for measuring the quantity of conveyed product
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