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B61C 13/06

for railways with suspended flexible tracks, i.e. rope railways

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for railways with suspended flexible tracks, e.g. rope railways

CPC: for railways with suspended flexible tracks, i.e. rope railways

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or purposes > for railways with suspended flexible tracks, e.g. rope railways

CPC:

Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or purposes (B61C11/00 takes precedence; self-propelled scaffold cars, break-down cranes, inspection trolleys B61D15/00; general design of track recording vehicles B61K9/00) > for railways with suspended flexible tracks, i.e. rope railways

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both 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