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E05C 3/30

in the form of a hook

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively > with latching action > with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch > the bolt being spring-controlled > in the form of a hook

CPC:

Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively > with latching action (devices in which the securing part is formed or merely carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps, E05C19/06; tilt-plate latches E05C19/007) > with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch > the bolt being spring controlled > in the form of a hook

Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.

1 codes exist only in IPC.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • E05C 3/32 engaging a hooked keeper IPC only IPC only
  • E05C 3/34 with simultaneously operating double bolts IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KIEKERT DE 2,762
  2. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 1,316
  3. JULIUS BLUM AT 1,088
  4. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,061
  5. HAIER SMART HOME 936
  6. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 909
  7. HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST & COMPANY DE 887
  8. LG ELECTRONICS KR 872
  9. TOKAI RIKA COMPANY 813
  10. GEZE DE 807

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. KIEKERT DE 2,802
  2. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 1,609
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 1,467
  4. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,465
  5. JULIUS BLUM AT 1,240
  6. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 1,164
  7. HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST & COMPANY DE 1,005
  8. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 928
  9. GEZE DE 809
  10. SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY US 790