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B81B 5/00

Devices comprising elements which are movable in relation to each other, e.g. comprising slidable or rotatable elements

Introduced: January 2000

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B81,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,338
  2. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES DE 702
  3. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 691
  4. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 508
  5. CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 507
  6. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 484
  7. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 439
  8. INVENSENSE US 378
  9. STMICROELECTRONICS IT 365
  10. FRAUNHOFER DE 337

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B81,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROBERT BOSCH DE 1,976
  2. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 788
  3. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES DE 759
  4. CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 555
  5. STMICROELECTRONICS IT 526
  6. INVENSENSE US 430
  7. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 418
  8. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 338
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 338
  10. FRAUNHOFER DE 297