CPC Main Group
B66D 3/00 Portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances
Filing statistics
CPC B66D 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B66D, which recorded 19,077 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 925 in 2013 to 1,759 in 2023 (+90%), peaking at 2,301 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B66 are INVENTIO (3,939 applications), OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY (3,810 applications) and KONE CORPORATION (3,008 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B66D 3/02 Manually-operated, e.g. lever-actuated, devices operating on ropes, cables, or chains for hauling in a mainly horizontal direction (B66D3/04, B66D3/12 take precedence)
- B66D 3/04 Pulley blocks or like devices in which force is applied to a rope, cable, or chain which passes over one or more pulleys, e.g. to obtain mechanical advantage (sheaves F16H55/00)
- B66D 3/12 Chain or like hand-operated tackles with or without power transmission gearing between operating member and lifting rope, chain or cable
- B66D 3/18 Power-operated hoists
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B66, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- INVENTIO CH 3,939
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
- KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
- HITACHI 1,195
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
- INVENTIO 828
- CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828