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B60Q 7/00

Arrangement or adaptation of portable emergency signal devices on vehicles

Filing statistics

CPC B60Q 7/00 belongs to the parent subclass B60Q, which recorded 84,364 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 4,555 in 2013 to 7,187 in 2023 (+58%), peaking at 9,834 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

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B60, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 31,729
  2. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 29,270
  3. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 23,892
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 20,384
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 20,311
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20,237
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,629
  8. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 11,896
  9. AUDI DE 11,084
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 10,940