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CPC | COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION | ||
 | Guide Heading: | Systems supporting electrical power generation, transmission or distribution |
| Y04S 10/00 | Systems supporting electrical power generation, transmission or distribution |
| Y04S 10/10 | . | Systems characterised by the monitored, controlled or operated power network elements or equipment (not used, see subgroups) |
| Y04S 10/12 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving energy generation units, including distributed generation [DER] or load-side generation |
Y04S 10/123 | . . . | the energy generation units being or involving renewable energy sources |
Y04S 10/126 | . . . | the energy generation units being or involving electricity based vehicles, i.e. power aggregation of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] (remote or cooperative charging Y04S 30/12; details associated with the interoperability in the section of transportation, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing Y04S 30/14) |
Y04S 10/14 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving energy storage units (for systems comprising uninterruptible power supplies or standby generators Y04S 20/12) |
Y04S 10/16 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving electric power substations |
Y04S 10/18 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving switches, relays or circuit breakers, e.g. intelligent electronic devices [IED] |
Y04S 10/20 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving protection elements, arrangements or systems |
Y04S 10/22 | . . | the element or elements being flexible AC transmission systems [FACTS] or power factor or reactive power compensating or correcting units |
Y04S 10/24 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving voltage regulating units |
| Y04S 10/26 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving measuring units |
Y04S 10/30 | . | Systems characterised by state monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge |
Y04S 10/40 | . | Systems characterised by the display of information, e.g. of data or controls |
| Y04S 10/50 | . | Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications (not used, see subgroups) |
| Y04S 10/52 | . . | Outage or fault management (not used, see subgroups) |
Y04S 10/522 | . . . | Fault detection or location |
Y04S 10/525 | . . . | Power restoration |
Y04S 10/527 | . . . | Power quality monitoring |
| Y04S 10/54 | . . | Management of operational aspects, e.g. planning, load or production forecast, maintenance, construction, extension |
Y04S 10/545 | . . . | Computing methods or systems for efficient or low carbon management or operation of electric power systems |
Y04S 10/56 | . . | Supply chain or logistics |
Y04S 10/58 | . . | Financial aspects |
Y04S 10/60 | . . | Reporting; Information providing; Statistics or analysis |
| Y04S 20/10 | . | System characterised by the monitored, controlled or operated end-user elements or equipments (not used, see subgroups) |
Y04S 20/12 | . . | the elements or equipments being or involving energy storage units, uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators involved in the last power distribution stages (energy storage units involved in power generation, transmission and distribution Y04S 10/14; uninterruptible power supply systems or standby or emergency generators as end-user application Y04S 20/248) |
Y04S 20/14 | . . | The elements or equipments being or involving protection elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers |
Y04S 20/16 | . . | The elements or equipments being or involving power plugs, sockets, adapters or power strips |
Y04S 20/18 | . . | The element or elements being a direct current power network, grid or distribution line |
| Y04S 20/20 | . | End-user application control systems (not used, see subgroups) |
| Y04S 20/22 | . . | The system characterised by the aim of the control (not used, see subgroups) |
Y04S 20/221 | . . . | General power management systems |
| Y04S 20/222 | . . . | Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving |
Y04S 20/225 | . . . | The system entering an energy saving mode, i.e. sleep, low-power or standby modes |
| Y04S 20/227 | . . . | Domotics or building automation systems |
| Y04S 20/24 | . . | The system characterised by the end-user application (not used, see subgroups) |
| Y04S 20/242 | . . . | the end-user application being or involving home appliances |
Y04S 20/244 | . . . . | the home appliances being or involving heating ventilating and air conditioning [HVAC] units |
Y04S 20/246 | . . . . | the system involving the remote operation of lamps or lighting equipment |
Y04S 20/248 | . . . | the end-user application involving uninterruptible power supply [UPS] systems or standby or emergency generators (for uninterruptible power supply systems or standby or emergency generators in the last power distribution stages Y04S 20/12) |
| Y04S 20/30 | . | Smart metering |
| Y04S 20/32 | . . | Systems characterised by remote reading |
Y04S 20/322 | . . . | from a fixed location |
Y04S 20/325 | . . . | from a mobile location |
Y04S 20/327 | . . . | The remote reading system including mechanisms for turning on/off the supply |
Y04S 20/34 | . . | Systems which determine the environmental impact of user behavior |
Y04S 20/36 | . . | Methods or devices for detecting or reporting abnormalities, e.g. faults, outages, leaks |
Y04S 20/38 | . . | Identification of individual loads by analysing current or voltage waveforms |
Y04S 20/40 | . . | Displaying of usage with respect to time, e.g. monitoring evolution of usage, relating usage and weather conditions |
Y04S 20/42 | . . | Utility meters which are networked together, e.g. within a single building |
Y04S 20/44 | . . | Displaying utility price or cost |
Y04S 20/46 | . . | Remote display of meters readings |
Y04S 20/48 | . . | Methods for determining the topology of meters in a network |
Y04S 20/50 | . . | Retrofitting of installed meters |
| Y04S 20/52 | . . | Systems oriented to metering of generated energy or power |
| Guide Heading: | Systems supporting specific end-user applications in the sector of transportation |
| Guide Heading: | Communication or information technology specific aspects supporting electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management |
| Y04S 40/00 | Communication or information technology specific aspects supporting electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management |
| Y04S 40/10 | . | Communication technology specific aspects (not used, see subgroups) |
| Y04S 40/121 | . . . | Using the power network as support for the transmission |
Y04S 40/122 | . . . . | Using pulsed signals |
Y04S 40/123 | . . . . | Using modification of a parameter of the network power signal |
Y04S 40/124 | . . . | Using a data transmission bus |
Y04S 40/125 | . . . | Using phone lines |
| Y04S 40/126 | . . . | Using wireless data transmission |
Y04S 40/128 | . . . | Using Internet |
| Y04S 40/14 | . . | Aspects related to the treatment or conditioning of data or signals (not used, see subgroups) |
Y04S 40/143 | . . . | Associated to the communication via dedicated transmission supports |
Y04S 40/146 | . . . | Associated to the communication via the power transmission network |
| Y04S 40/20 | . | Information technology specific aspects (not used, see subgroups) |
| Guide Heading: | Market activities related to the operation of systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies |
| Y04S 50/00 | Market activities related to the operation of systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies |
Y04S 50/10 | . | Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid |
Y04S 50/12 | . | Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation |
Y04S 50/14 | . | Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards |
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