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B65G 15/40

troughed or tubular; formed with joints facilitating troughing

Full Title

Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration (having load-conveying surfaces formed by interconnected longitudinal links B65G17/06) > Belts or like endless load-carriers (co-operating with rails or the like B65G21/22; with rollers B65G39/20) > made of rubber or plastics > troughed or tubular; formed with joints facilitating troughing

Filing statistics

CPC B65G 15/40 belongs to the parent subclass B65G, which recorded 259,953 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,147 in 2013 to 27,457 in 2023 (+171%), peaking at 33,933 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) (3,369 applications), KRONES (3,304 applications) and TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE (2,227 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
  2. KRONES DE 3,304
  3. TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
  4. CANON JP 2,051
  5. AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
  6. GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
  7. CANON 1,693
  8. G.D IT 1,678
  9. MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
  10. DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654