E01B 29/16 Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track (E01B29/05 takes precedence; moving or tilting heavy loads in general B65G7/00)
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Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor (E01B27/00, E01B31/00 take precedence) > Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track (E01B29/05 takes precedence; moving or tilting heavy loads in general B65G7/00)
Filing statistics
CPC E01B 29/16 belongs to the parent subclass E01B, which recorded 21,234 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,035 in 2013 to 1,523 in 2023 (+47%), peaking at 2,607 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class E01 are PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN (998 applications), CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS (937 applications) and CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY (869 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E01B 29/17 Lengths of rails assembled into strings, e.g. welded together
- E01B 29/20 Moving rails placed on installed sleepers in the plane track
- E01B 29/22 Raising rails from sleepers, e.g. for inserting sole-plates (lifting devices in general B66F)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN AT 998
- CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS US 937
- CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY 869
- WIRTGEN DE 740
- CHINA RAILWAY MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 685
- CHANG AN UNIVERSITY 615
- CREEC (CHINA RAILWAY ERYUAN ENGINEERING GROUP) 613
- SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY 562
- TONGJI UNIVERSITY 500
- ROAD & BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 491