IPC Main Group
F22B 21/00 Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- STEAM GENERATION
- Subclass:
- METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F22B 21/02 built-up from substantially-straight water tubes
- F22B 21/22 built-up from water tubes of form other than straight or substantially straight
- F22B 21/34 built-up from water tubes grouped in panel form surrounding the combustion chamber, i.e. radiation boilers
- F22B 21/4 built-up from water tubes arranged in a comparatively long vertical shaft, i.e. tower boilers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 922
- MIURA COMPANY 416
- HARBIN BOILER COMPANY 390
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 303
- XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 287
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 257
- HUADIAN ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 253
- SIEMENS DE 247
- MIDEA 243
- NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY 223