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E04D 5/08

by making use of other materials

Full Title

Roof covering by making use of flexible material, e.g. supplied in roll form (using stiff sheets E04D3/00; gravelling of flat roofs E04D7/00 ; built-up roofs E04D11/02) > by making use of other materials

Filing statistics

CPC E04D 5/08 belongs to the parent subclass E04D, which recorded 27,560 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,736 in 2013 to 2,648 in 2023 (+53%), peaking at 3,226 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class E04 are CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION (1,675 applications), CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY (1,593 applications) and ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY (1,551 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 1,675
  2. CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 1,593
  3. ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 1,551
  4. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,297
  5. GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 1,212
  6. SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 926
  7. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 901
  8. CHINA MCC5 GROUP CORPORATION 894
  9. VKR HOLDING DK 854
  10. SHANGHAI BAOYE GROUP CORPORATION 753