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E02B 17/00

Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs ; Construction methods therefor (; anchoring floating platforms B63B21/00; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B35/44; )

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs; Construction methods therefor

CPC: Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs ; Construction methods therefor (; anchoring floating platforms B63B21/00; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B35/44; )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs; Construction methods therefor

CPC:

Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs ; Construction methods therefor (; anchoring floating platforms B63B21/00; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B35/44; )

CPC subdivides this area 6x more granularly than IPC with 10 additional codes.

10 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 5 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KOMATSU JP 3,549
  2. CATERPILLAR US 2,893
  3. HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,390
  4. HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 2,340
  5. POWERCHINA HUADONG ENGINEERING CORPORATION 2,336
  6. CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 2,174
  7. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,119
  8. HOHAI UNIVERSITY 1,821
  9. KOMATSU 1,775
  10. POWERCHINA GUIYANG ENGINEERING CORPORATION 1,725

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KOMATSU JP 3,939
  2. CATERPILLAR US 3,490
  3. HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,553
  4. KOMATSU 1,789
  5. JOHN DEERE US 1,277
  6. HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 1,102
  7. KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 1,014
  8. HOHAI UNIVERSITY 975
  9. CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 810
  10. VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SE 787