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E02D 29/067

Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed (pontoons or floating bridges E01D15/14)

Introduced: January 1995

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed

CPC: Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed (pontoons or floating bridges E01D15/14)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls > Tunnels submerged into, or built in, open water > Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed

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 > 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) > Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed (pontoons or floating bridges E01D15/14)

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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