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E01C 19/02

for preparing the materials

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving > for preparing the materials

CPC:

Machines, tools or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E01C21/00; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E01C23/00) > for preparing the materials

Of 4 combined children, 3 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • E01C 19/025 CPC only CPC only
  • E01C 19/05 Crushing, pulverising or disintegrating apparatus ( ; in general B02C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus; IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • E01C 19/08 Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C10C3/12) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY 2,096
  2. CHANG AN UNIVERSITY 1,878
  3. ROAD & BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 1,796
  4. CREEC (CHINA RAILWAY ERYUAN ENGINEERING GROUP) 1,493
  5. CHINA RAILWAY MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 1,327
  6. CCCC FIRST HIGHWAY ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 1,133
  7. CCCC SECOND HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY 1,029
  8. PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN AT 935
  9. TONGJI UNIVERSITY 899
  10. CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS US 868

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN AT 998
  2. CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS US 937
  3. CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY 869
  4. WIRTGEN DE 740
  5. CHINA RAILWAY MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 685
  6. CHANG AN UNIVERSITY 615
  7. CREEC (CHINA RAILWAY ERYUAN ENGINEERING GROUP) 613
  8. SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY 562
  9. TONGJI UNIVERSITY 500
  10. ROAD & BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 491