B68B HARNESS; DEVICES USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; WHIPS OR THE LIKE
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B68B covers harnesses and associated equipment designed for controlling and managing animals, particularly draft animals and riding horses. This includes bridles, reins, collars, traces, and similar restraint or control devices used in conjunction with saddles and pack equipment. The subclass also encompasses whips and related implements used for animal guidance and control. Adjacent class B68A (saddles and related equipment) focuses on devices for mounting and carrying loads, whereas B68B specifically addresses systems for directing animal behavior and managing pulling forces.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B68B 1/00 Devices in connection with harness, for hitching, reining, training, breaking or quietening horses or other traction animals (devices of this kind combined with traction harness B68B3/00; stable equipment A01K1/00; devices forming part of a vehicle B62C) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68B 3/00 Traction harnesses; Traction harnesses combined with devices referred to in group B68B1/00 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68B 5/00 Details or accessories (haberdashery A44); Fastening devices for bridles, reins, harnesses, or the like (devices forming part of a vehicle B62C) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68B 7/00 Horse protectors, e.g. resilient attachments (protective covers B68C5/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68B 9/00 Devices specially adapted for supporting harnesses when not in use IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B68B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B68,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TACHI S COMPANY 144
- TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION 131
- L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY US 84
- TACHI S COMPANY JP 81
- TS TECH COMPANY 79
- YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 78
- YOSHIDA KOGYO 54
- SPUEHL CH 50
- CHANGSHU BEALEAD AUTOMATIC MACHINE COMPANY 50
- ZHEJIANG HUAJIAN INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT 49
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B68,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY US 106
- YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 91
- TACHI S COMPANY JP 74
- TACHI S COMPANY 55
- SPUEHL CH 49
- YOSHIDA KOGYO 47
- HARRISON SPINKS COMPONENTS GB 47
- HS PRODUCTS GB 45
- DREAMWELL US 45
- PURPLE INNOVATION US 39