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B61B 12/00

Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J1/06)

Introduced: July 1974

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Component parts, details, or accessories for rope railways or power-and-free systems not provided for in groups

CPC: Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J1/06)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Component parts, details, or accessories for rope railways or power-and-free systems not provided for in groups

CPC:

Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J1/06)

Of 9 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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  • B61B 12/002 CPC only CPC only
  • B61B 12/005 CPC only CPC only
  • B61B 12/007 CPC only CPC only
  • B61B 12/04 Devices for damping vibrations since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B61B 12/06 Safety devices or measures against cable fracture since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B61B 12/08 Cable lubrication since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
  2. CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,941
  4. ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
  5. BYD COMPANY 1,371
  6. CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
  7. CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
  8. CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
  9. BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
  10. SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
  2. SIEMENS DE 2,133
  3. ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
  4. CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
  5. BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
  6. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
  7. BYD COMPANY 821
  8. KRRI KR 761
  9. HITACHI JP 752
  10. CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721