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G01L 7/24

involving balances in the form of rings partly filled with liquid

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Measuring the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by mechanical or fluid pressure-sensitive elements > using liquid as the pressure-sensitive medium, e.g. liquid-column gauges > involving balances in the form of rings partly filled with liquid

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
MEASURING; TESTING
Subclass:
MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE

Filing statistics

IPC G01L 7/24 belongs to the parent subclass G01L, which recorded 145,069 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 8,073 in 2013 to 16,364 in 2023 (+103%), peaking at 17,249 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G01 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (41,447 applications), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (32,952 applications) and ROBERT BOSCH (16,470 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

BALANCE(S) for measuring pressure

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 41,447
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 32,952
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 16,470
  4. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,052
  5. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 9,573
  6. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 9,529
  7. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 8,615
  8. TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 7,805
  9. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 7,796
  10. QUALCOMM US 7,171