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B66C 5/02

Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted L or of inverted U shape

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted-L- or of inverted-U-shape

CPC: Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted L or of inverted U shape

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Base-supporting structures with legs > Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted-L- or of inverted-U-shape

CPC:

Base supporting structures with legs > Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted L or of inverted U shape

Of 4 combined children, 3 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B66C 5/025 CPC only CPC only
  • B66C 5/04 with runways or tracks supported for movements relative to bridge or gantry IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 5/06 with runways or tracks supported for lateral swinging movements IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 5/08 with vertically invlinable runways or tracks IPC+CPC Available in 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