Energy efficient technologies in elevators, escalators and moving walkways, e.g. energy saving or recuperation technologies

Filing statistics

CPC Y02B 50/00 belongs to the parent subclass Y02B, which recorded 468,329 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 30,562 in 2013 to 52,459 in 2023 (+72%), peaking at 73,691 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class Y02 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (30,705 applications), TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (29,065 applications) and SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (22,908 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings