Producing ice

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:: REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION OR SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
Subclass:: PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE

Filing statistics

IPC F25C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass F25C, which recorded 16,883 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 942 in 2013 to 2,181 in 2023 (+132%). The most active applicants in class F25 are HAIER SMART HOME (13,215 applications), LG ELECTRONICS (8,561 applications) and MIDEA (7,315 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Processes or apparatus specially adapted for producing ice or snow for winter sports or similar recreational purposes, e.g. for sporting installations; Producing artificial snow

Related Keywords

MOULDING(S) ice

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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F25C 1/02 Producing natural ice, i.e. without refrigeration
F25C 1/04 by using stationary moulds
F25C 1/08 by immersing freezing chambers or plates into water
F25C 1/1 by using rotating or otherwise moving moulds
F25C 1/12 by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs
F25C 1/16 by partially evaporating water in a vacuum
F25C 1/18 of a particular transparency or translucency, e.g. by injecting air
F25C 1/22 Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

HAIER SMART HOME 13,215
LG ELECTRONICS KR 8,561
MIDEA 7,315
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 6,041
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY 5,211
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,905
HEFEI HUALING COMPANY 4,633
BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 3,697
QINGDAO HAIER INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT COMPANY 3,376
HAIER SMART HOME CN 3,265