E04F 15/166 Full Title
Flooring (stair treads E04F11/104; coverings not specially adapted for floors E04F13/00; borders, skirtings E04F19/02; gratings for cleaning soles of footwear A47L23/24; of similar materials to roads E01C; basic or rough floors E04B5/00) > Flooring, e.g. parquet on flexible web, laid as flexible webs; Webs specially adapted for use as flooring; (resiliently-mounted floors, e.g. sprung floors, E04F15/22; linoleum D06N; )
Filing statistics
CPC E04F 15/166 belongs to the parent subclass E04F, which recorded 84,246 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 4,628 in 2013 to 6,284 in 2023 (+36%), peaking at 11,005 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
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 1,675
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 1,593
- ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 1,551
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,297
- GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 1,212
- SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 926
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 901
- CHINA MCC5 GROUP CORPORATION 894
- VKR HOLDING DK 854
- SHANGHAI BAOYE GROUP CORPORATION 753