CPC Main Group
B61L 29/00 Safety means for rail/road crossing traffic
Filing statistics
CPC B61L 29/00 belongs to the parent subclass B61L, which recorded 30,426 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,487 in 2013 to 3,008 in 2023 (+102%), peaking at 3,463 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class B61 are SIEMENS MOBILITY (2,967 applications), SIEMENS (2,133 applications) and ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES (1,691 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- B61L 29/02 Guards or obstacles for preventing access to the route (cattle guards connected to the permanent way E01B17/00)
- B61L 29/04 Gates for level crossings
- B61L 29/08 Operation of gates; Combined operation of gates and signals
- B61L 29/24 Means for warning road traffic that a gate is closed or closing, or that rail traffic is approaching, e.g. for visible or audible warning
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
- SIEMENS DE 2,133
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
- BYD COMPANY 821
- KRRI KR 761
- HITACHI JP 752
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721