E02D 29/00 underground or underwater structures (underground tanks B65D88/76; hydraulic engineering, e.g. sealings or joints, E02B; underground garages E04H6/00; underground air-raid shelters E04H9/12; burial vaults E04H13/00); Retaining walls
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
CPC: underground or underwater structures (underground tanks B65D88/76; hydraulic engineering, e.g. sealings or joints, E02B; underground garages E04H6/00; underground air-raid shelters E04H9/12; burial vaults E04H13/00); Retaining walls
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
underground or underwater structures (underground tanks B65D88/76; hydraulic engineering, e.g. sealings or joints, E02B; underground garages E04H6/00; underground air-raid shelters E04H9/12; burial vaults E04H13/00); Retaining walls
Of 10 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.
4 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E02D 29/02 Retaining or protecting walls (piers or quay walls E02B3/06) +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02D 29/045 Underground structures, e.g. tunnels or galleries, built in the open air or by methods involving disturbance of the ground surface all along the location line; Methods of making them since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02D 29/063 Tunnels submerged into, or built in, open water (construction or placing of caissons in general E02D23/00; joining caissons to each other under water, in general E02D25/00) since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02D 29/09 Constructions or methods of constructing, in water, not otherwise provided for since 1995 IPC only IPC only
- E02D 29/12 Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor (for underground tanks B65D90/10; for sewerage E03F5/02 ) +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02D 29/16 Arrangement or construction of joints in foundation structures (; sealing joints not restricted to foundation structures E04B1/68) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class E02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KOMATSU JP 3,549
- CATERPILLAR US 2,893
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,390
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 2,340
- POWERCHINA HUADONG ENGINEERING CORPORATION 2,336
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 2,174
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,119
- HOHAI UNIVERSITY 1,821
- KOMATSU 1,775
- POWERCHINA GUIYANG ENGINEERING CORPORATION 1,725
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class E02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KOMATSU JP 3,939
- CATERPILLAR US 3,490
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,553
- KOMATSU 1,789
- JOHN DEERE US 1,277
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 1,102
- KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 1,014
- HOHAI UNIVERSITY 975
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 810
- VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SE 787