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E01C 23/16

Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet hardened paving E01C23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; road surface markings per se E01F9/50); Protecting fresh markings

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Devices for marking-out, applying or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving; Protecting fresh markings

CPC: Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet hardened paving E01C23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; road surface markings per se E01F9/50); Protecting fresh markings

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces > Devices for marking-out, applying or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving; Protecting fresh markings

CPC:

Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E01C19/10) > Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet hardened paving E01C23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; road surface markings per se E01F9/50); Protecting fresh markings

Of 4 combined children, 2 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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  • E01C 23/163 CPC only CPC only
  • E01C 23/166 CPC only CPC only

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