DIFF Subgroup
E02F 5/02 for digging trenches or ditches (; agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B13/02)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: for digging trenches or ditches
CPC: for digging trenches or ditches (; agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B13/02)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes > for digging trenches or ditches
CPC:
Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes > for digging trenches or ditches (; agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B13/02)
Of 9 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E02F 5/10 with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables (laying pipes per se F16L1/00, making pipes in situ F16L1/038; laying electric cables per se H02G1/06; ) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02F 5/12 with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E02F 5/14 Component parts for trench excavators, e.g. indicating devices +1 CPC 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