DIFF Subgroup
B61L 23/22 for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains > for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails
Additional Content IPC
Station blocking between signal boxes in one yard
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
Child Classifications
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- B61L 23/26 with means for actuating signals from the vehicle or by passage of the vehicle IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B61L 23/28 using non-automatic blocking from a place along the route IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
- SIEMENS DE 1,941
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
- BYD COMPANY 1,371
- CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
- CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
- SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
- SIEMENS DE 2,133
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
- BYD COMPANY 821
- KRRI KR 761
- HITACHI JP 752
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721