D07B 7/02 Machine details; Auxiliary devices
Full Title
Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, rope- or cable-making machines; Auxiliary apparatus associated with such machines > Machine details; Auxiliary devices
Filing statistics
CPC D07B 7/02 belongs to the parent subclass D07B, which recorded 9,571 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 973 in 2013 to 464 in 2023 (-52%), peaking at 1,157 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class D07 are COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (429 applications), BEKAERT (233 applications) and BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION (218 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- D07B 7/04 Devices for imparting reverse rotation to bobbin- or reel cages
- D07B 7/06 Bearing supports or brakes for supply bobbins or reels
- D07B 7/08 Alarms or stop motions responsive to exhaustion or breakage of filamentary material fed from supply reels or bobbins
- D07B 7/10 Devices for taking-up or winding the finished rope or cable
- D07B 7/12 for softening, lubricating or impregnating ropes, cables, or component strands thereof
- D07B 7/14 for coating or wrapping ropes, cables, or component strands thereof (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; wrapping elongated cores in general B65H81/06)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 429
- BEKAERT BE 233
- BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION JP 218
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 204
- MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE CH 154
- DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) NL 151
- BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 118
- KONE CORPORATION FI 100
- CONTINENTAL REIFEN DE 96
- SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET FR 90