DIFF Main Group
E04F 21/00 Implements for finishing work on buildings (for working or treating building elements of stone or stone-like material B28D)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Implements for finishing work on buildings
CPC: Implements for finishing work on buildings (for working or treating building elements of stone or stone-like material B28D)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Implements for finishing work on buildings
CPC:
Implements for finishing work on buildings (for working or treating building elements of stone or stone-like material B28D)
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.
9 codes are CPC-only extensions.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E04F 21/02 for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls (; specially for flooring E04F21/20; implements for painting or decorating B44; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04F 21/165 for finishing joints, e.g. implements for raking or filling joints, jointers (bricklayers' tools E04G21/16; repairing, e.g. filling cracks, E04G23/02 ) since 1980 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04F 21/18 for setting wall or ceiling slabs or plates (tools for mosaic work B44C) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04F 21/20 for laying flooring (made of similar material to roads or pavements E01C ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class E04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 6,575
- ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 4,488
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,427
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION SECOND ENGINEERING BUREAU 4,352
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 3,122
- GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 2,605
- SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 2,420
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION SEVENTH ENGINEERING DIVISION COMPANY 2,284
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIFTH ENGINEERING DIVISION CORPORATION 2,008
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIRST BUILDING (GROUP) CORPORATION 1,967
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class E04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 1,675
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 1,593
- ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 1,551
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,297
- GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 1,212
- SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 926
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 901
- CHINA MCC5 GROUP CORPORATION 894
- VKR HOLDING DK 854
- SHANGHAI BAOYE GROUP CORPORATION 753