DIFF Main Group
E03B 7/00 Water main or service pipe systems (pipes or tubes in general F16L)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Water main or service pipe systems
CPC: Water main or service pipe systems (pipes or tubes in general F16L)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Water main or service pipe systems
CPC:
Water main or service pipe systems (pipes or tubes in general F16L)
Of 6 combined children, 4 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E03B 7/04 Domestic or like local pipe systems (domestic plumbing E03C1/02) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03B 7/07 Arrangement of devices, e.g. filters, flow controls, measuring devices, siphons or valves, in the pipe systems +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03B 7/09 Component parts or accessories (tools for cleaning pipes B08B9/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking water pipes for domestic use E03C1/10; devices for preventing damage in case of bursts of pipes F16L; heating or cooling of pipes or pipe systems F16L53/00) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class E03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOTO 2,957
- LIXIL CORPORATION 1,646
- XIAMEN RT PLUMBING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 925
- NEOPERL DE 870
- GROHE DE 828
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 738
- WUHAN SHENGYU DRAINAGE SYSTEMS COMPANY 727
- GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL CH 613
- KOHLER COMPANY US 570
- TOTO JP 549
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class E03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEOPERL DE 934
- GROHE DE 870
- TOTO 646
- GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL CH 629
- KOHLER COMPANY US 621
- TOTO JP 590
- LIXIL CORPORATION JP 429
- AS AMERICA US 324
- HANSGROHE SE DE 314
- LIXIL CORPORATION 307