E06B 9/02 Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary (louvre windows or grilles E06B7/08; lamellar blinds E06B9/26)
Full Title
Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F) > Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary (louvre windows or grilles E06B7/08; lamellar blinds E06B9/26)
Filing statistics
CPC E06B 9/02 belongs to the parent subclass E06B, which recorded 94,488 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 6,576 in 2013 to 6,204 in 2023 (-6%), peaking at 11,587 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class E06 are SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS (1,388 applications), HUNTER DOUGLAS (874 applications) and VIEW (763 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E06B 9/04 of wing type, e.g. revolving or sliding
- E06B 9/06 collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type (bellows-type doors E06B3/94; roll-type grilles E06B9/18)
- E06B 9/08 Roll-type closures (roller blinds E06B9/40; operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; usable only as awnings E04F10/06)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 1,388
- HUNTER DOUGLAS US 874
- VIEW US 763
- VKR HOLDING DK 627
- GUARDIAN GLASS US 460
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 426
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 406
- SOMFY ACTIVITES FR 368
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 353
- AGC GLASS EUROPE BE 350