CPC Main Group
F01L 1/00 Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear (lift-valve and valve-seat assemblies per se F01L3/00; slide-valve gear F01L5/00; actuated non-mechanically F01L9/00; valve arrangements in working piston or piston rod F01L11/00; modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations F01L13/00)
Filing statistics
CPC F01L 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass F01L, which recorded 25,057 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 2,769 in 2013 to 732 in 2023 (-74%), peaking at 3,219 applications in 2015. The most active applicants in class F01 are GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (9,989 applications), UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) (8,110 applications) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (6,248 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F01L 1/02 Valve drive (transmitting-gear between valve drive and valve F01L1/12)
- F01L 1/12 Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve (simultaneously operating two or more valves F01L1/26)
- F01L 1/20 Adjusting or compensating clearance
- F01L 1/26 characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder (with coaxial valves F01L1/28)
- F01L 1/28 characterised by the provision of coaxial valves; characterised by the provision of valves co-operating with both intake and exhaust ports
- F01L 1/30 characterised by the provision of positively opened and closed valves, i.e. desmodromic valves
- F01L 1/32 characterised by the provision of means for rotating lift valves, e.g. to diminish wear
- F01L 1/34 characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening
- F01L 1/36 peculiar to machines or engines of specific type other than four-stroke cycle
- F01L 1/44 Multiple-valve gear or arrangements, not provided for in preceding subgroups, e.g. with lift and different valves
- F01L 1/46 Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in preceding subgroups
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 9,989
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 8,110
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 6,248
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,530
- SIEMENS DE 4,461
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,029
- RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 3,947
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 3,734
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 3,415
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 3,063