CPC Subgroup
E02F 5/02 for digging trenches or ditches (; agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B13/02)
Full Title
Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes > for digging trenches or ditches (; agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B13/02)
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E02F 5/04 with digging screws
- E02F 5/06 with digging elements mounted on an endless chain
- E02F 5/08 with digging wheels turning round an axis
- E02F 5/10 with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables (laying pipes per se F16L1/00, making pipes in situ F16L1/038; laying electric cables per se H02G1/06; )
- E02F 5/12 with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches
- E02F 5/14 Component parts for trench excavators, e.g. indicating devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KOMATSU JP 3,939
- CATERPILLAR US 3,490
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,553
- KOMATSU 1,789
- JOHN DEERE US 1,277
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 1,102
- KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 1,014
- HOHAI UNIVERSITY 975
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 810
- VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SE 787