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B66C 3/04

Tine grabs

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith and intended primarily for transmitting lifting forces to loose materials; Grabs > Tine grabs

CPC:

Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith and intended primarily for transmitting lifting forces to loose materials; Grabs (buckets and other containers B65D, e.g. pallets B65D19/00; dredges equipped with grabs E02F) > Tine grabs

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B66,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,843
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,709
  3. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,987
  4. KONE CORPORATION FI 2,922
  5. TOSHIBA ELEVATOR COMPANY 2,922
  6. HITACHI 2,321
  7. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,287
  8. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,870
  9. HITACHI BUILDING SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,700
  10. ANHUI HELI COMPANY 1,325

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B66,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,939
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
  3. KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
  5. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
  6. HITACHI 1,195
  7. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
  8. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
  9. INVENTIO 828
  10. CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828