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E06B 9/00

Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction

CPC: Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction

CPC:

Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F)

Of 8 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 3 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • E06B 2009/002 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • E06B 2009/005 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • E06B 2009/007 2nd only CPC only CPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class E06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,398
  2. YKK AP 1,252
  3. LIXIL CORPORATION 1,235
  4. SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 1,133
  5. BUNKA SHUTTER COMPANY 839
  6. HUNTER DOUGLAS US 812
  7. SANKYOTATEYAMA 796
  8. SANWA SHUTTER CORPORATION 699
  9. VKR HOLDING DK 579
  10. VIEW US 557

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class E06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 1,388
  2. HUNTER DOUGLAS US 874
  3. VIEW US 763
  4. VKR HOLDING DK 627
  5. GUARDIAN GLASS US 460
  6. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 426
  7. LG ELECTRONICS KR 406
  8. SOMFY ACTIVITES FR 368
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 353
  10. AGC GLASS EUROPE BE 350