CPC Main Group
H01R 41/00 Non-rotary current collectors for maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit (end pieces terminating in a hook or the like H01R11/12; current collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L5/00)
Filing statistics
CPC H01R 41/00 belongs to the parent subclass H01R, which recorded 238,918 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 16,339 in 2013 to 20,728 in 2023 (+27%), peaking at 26,812 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class H01 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (37,897 applications), TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (36,116 applications) and APPLIED MATERIALS (21,640 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- H01R 41/02 Devices for interrupted current collection, e.g. distributor (electrically-operated selector switches H01H67/00)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 37,897
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 36,116
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 21,640
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,770
- LG CHEM KR 19,835
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 18,519
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 14,595
- INTEL CORPORATION US 13,580
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 12,151
- SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY KR 12,080