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E04B 5/16

Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ (E04B5/43 - E04B5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed

CPC: Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ (E04B5/43 - E04B5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor > Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed

CPC:

Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor (elements for floors, e.g. bricks, stones, filling bodies, girders, E04C; flooring as finishing work, insulation of flooring, sectional false floors, e.g. for computers E04F15/00) > Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ (E04B5/43 - E04B5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 6,575
  2. ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 4,488
  3. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,427
  4. CHINA CONSTRUCTION SECOND ENGINEERING BUREAU 4,352
  5. CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 3,122
  6. GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 2,605
  7. SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 2,420
  8. CHINA CONSTRUCTION SEVENTH ENGINEERING DIVISION COMPANY 2,284
  9. CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIFTH ENGINEERING DIVISION CORPORATION 2,008
  10. CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIRST BUILDING (GROUP) CORPORATION 1,967

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 1,675
  2. CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 1,593
  3. ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 1,551
  4. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,297
  5. GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 1,212
  6. SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 926
  7. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 901
  8. CHINA MCC5 GROUP CORPORATION 894
  9. VKR HOLDING DK 854
  10. SHANGHAI BAOYE GROUP CORPORATION 753