B64 AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
Description
B64 covers aircraft design, construction, and operation, including fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, their structural components, propulsion systems, control mechanisms, and navigational equipment. The class encompasses avionic systems, landing gear, flight control surfaces, and related technologies for both manned and unmanned aircraft. It also includes spacecraft, rockets, and cosmonautical engineering for space exploration and orbital operations. Adjacent classes address specific propulsion systems (e.g., jet engines in F02, F04), general mechanical engineering principles, and ground-based aviation infrastructure handled separately under transportation and construction classifications.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B64D EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT heading +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B64U UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR heading since 2023 +2 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOEING COMPANY US 8,583
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,430
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 2,757
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,332
- SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,109
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,084
- GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,053
- XI'AN AIRCRAFT DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA 1,938
- BOEING COMPANY 1,816
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS 1,589
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOEING COMPANY US 9,861
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,766
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 3,112
- SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,840
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,753
- GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,427
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,356
- BOEING COMPANY 2,057
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 1,815
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS 1,723