DIFF Main Group
E03F 5/00 Sewerage structures
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E03F 5/02 Manhole shafts or other inspection chambers (in general E02D29/12); Snow-filling openings; accessories (covers or frames for manholes or the like E02D29/14) +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/04 Gullies with or without odour seals or sediment traps +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/10 Collecting-tanks; Equalising-tanks for regulating the run-off; Laying-up basins +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/14 Devices for separating liquid or solid substances from sewage, e.g. sand or sludge traps, rakes or grates (for use in sewage purification plants or both in sewage purification plants or in sewer systems B01D, C02F ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/18 Tanks for disinfecting, neutralising, or cooling sewage (arrangements in tanks as to the biological or chemical aspect C02F) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/20 Siphon pipes or inverted siphons (for connections of baths, basins, or the like E03C1/12 ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E03F 5/22 Adaptations of pumping plants for lifting sewage (wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F7/10; pumps, pumping plants, per se F04) 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