E04H BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
E04H covers specialized building structures and ancillary constructions designed for specific functional purposes beyond general residential or commercial buildings. This includes swimming pools and splash baths, structural support elements such as masts and poles, perimeter protection systems including fencing and gates, and temporary or semi-permanent shelter structures such as tents and canopies. The classification encompasses the design, construction methods, and component technologies for these diverse structures, extending to equipment and systems integral to their operation and performance.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
CPC: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
Additional Content IPC
Foundations
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- E04H 1/00 Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys (E04H3/00 takes precedence) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 12/00 Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures (cooling towers E04H5/12; derricks for oil drilling E21B15/00) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 14/00 Buildings for combinations of different purposes not covered by any single one of main groups E04H1/00-E04H13/00 of this subclass, e.g. for double purpose (E04H3/02, E04H9/06 take precedence); Buildings of the drive-in type IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 17/00 Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals (features peculiar to electrified fences A01K3/00, H05C; means for allowing passage through fences, barriers, or the like E06B11/00) +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 3/00 Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries or prisons IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 4/00 Swimming or splash baths or pools since 1990 +4 CPC −2 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 5/00 Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 6/00 Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 7/00 Construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques in situ or off the site (tower aspects E04H12/00; storage aspects, e.g. floating roofs, sealing means, filling or discharging means B65D, B65G, F17B, F17C; foundations E02D27/38) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- E04H 9/00 Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate (foundation aspects E02D) 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