Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres (inserts having reinforcing means B60C5/08; bead structure, e.g. turnup or overlap construction, B60C15/00)

Filing statistics

CPC B60C 9/00 belongs to the parent subclass B60C, which recorded 77,146 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 6,269 in 2013 to 4,614 in 2023 (-26%), peaking at 8,487 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class B60 are HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (31,729 applications), FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (29,270 applications) and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION (23,892 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings