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B60P 3/00

Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects

CPC: Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects

CPC:

Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects (ambulances or other vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00; hearses A61G21/00; fire-fighting land vehicles A62C27/00; refuse-collecting vehicles B65F3/00, B65F7/00; snow-removing vehicles E01H; armoured or armed vehicles F41H7/00; self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles F41H11/16)

Of 22 combined children, 18 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.

11 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B60P 3/002 CPC only CPC only
  • B60P 3/005 CPC only CPC only
  • B60P 3/007 CPC only CPC only
  • B60P 3/022 for transporting prefabricated buildings or modules thereof, e.g. prefabricated garages or the like since 1990 IPC only IPC only
  • B60P 3/03 for transporting money or other valuables since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/035 for transporting reel units since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/04 for transporting animals IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/05 for transporting meat (for transporting refrigerated goods B60P3/20) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/055 for transporting bottles since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/14 the object being a workshop for servicing, for maintenance, or for carrying workmen during work (lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins for workmen B66F11/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/16 for carrying mixed concrete, e.g. having rotatable drums IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/18 the object being a searchlight IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/28 for transporting cranes (vehicles using cranes for self-loading or self-unloading B60P1/54; mobile or travelling cranes B66C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B60P 3/30 Spraying vehicles (sprinkling-wagons for fertilising liquid A01C23/00; for destruction of noxious animals, vermin, or unwanted vegetation A01M; for spraying asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like E01C; for cleaning streets E01H) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
  2. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
  3. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
  4. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
  8. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
  9. AUDI DE 10,806
  10. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 31,729
  2. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 29,270
  3. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 23,892
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 20,384
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 20,311
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20,237
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,629
  8. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 11,896
  9. AUDI DE 11,084
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 10,940