CPC Main Group
F16B 12/00 Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior (F16B2/00 - F16B11/00 take precedence; fastening means per se F16B13/00 - F16B47/00; wood-working B27)
Filing statistics
CPC F16B 12/00 belongs to the parent subclass F16B, which recorded 125,075 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 9,429 in 2013 to 7,817 in 2023 (-17%), peaking at 14,079 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class F16 are SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY (22,817 applications), ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (10,523 applications) and HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (7,933 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16B 12/02 Joints between panels and corner posts
- F16B 12/04 Non-loosenable joints for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. glued
- F16B 12/06 Non-loosenable joints for metal furniture parts
- F16B 12/10 using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like (glued F16B12/04; fastening means per se F16B15/00 - F16B47/00)
- F16B 12/40 Joints for furniture tubing
- F16B 12/44 Leg joints; Corner joints
- F16B 12/54 Fittings for bedsteads or the like
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
- ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
- SKF SE 4,729
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499