CPC Main Group
F16C 19/00 Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement (adjustable bearings F16C23/00, F16C25/00 )
Filing statistics
CPC F16C 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass F16C, which recorded 111,595 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 9,234 in 2013 to 7,843 in 2023 (-15%), peaking at 11,993 applications in 2016. 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
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16C 19/02 with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows
- F16C 19/22 with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
- F16C 19/49 Bearings with both balls and rollers
- F16C 19/50 Other types of ball or roller bearings
- F16C 19/52 with devices affected by abnormal or undesired conditions
- F16C 19/54 Systems consisting of a plurality of bearings with rolling friction (spindle bearings F16C35/08)
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