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F25D 25/02

by shelves

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Charging, supporting, or discharging the articles to be cooled > by shelves

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:
REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Filing statistics

IPC F25D 25/02 belongs to the parent subclass F25D, which recorded 179,372 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,917 in 2013 to 24,362 in 2023 (+208%). 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

Top Applicants

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

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