Description

H04Q1/062 covers vertical cable-management arrangements in cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations. Typical subject matter includes vertical cable managers, riser guides and finger ducts that route patch cords and multicore cables between horizontal levels of distribution frames, racks and cabinets in telephone exchanges and data centres. Horizontal management arrangements are classified in H04Q1/064, front-side and rear-side arrangements in H04Q1/066 and H04Q1/068, and the general frames and mounting racks in the neighbouring subgroups of H04Q1/02.

Filing statistics

CPC H04Q 1/062 belongs to the parent subclass H04Q, which recorded 55,205 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 3,939 in 2013 to 5,112 in 2023 (+30%), peaking at 6,044 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class H04 are HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (101,476 applications), QUALCOMM (101,139 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (96,655 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings