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E06B 9/38

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Introduced: September 1968

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 > Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance > Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds > Other details

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) > Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; (operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; free-hanging flexible screens A47H23/00) > Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds > Other details

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • E06B 9/382 Details of ladder-tapes or ladder chains, e.g. buckles for local shortening of tapes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • E06B 9/384 Details of interconnection or interaction of tapes and lamellae IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • E06B 9/386 Details of lamellae IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • E06B 9/388 Details of bottom or upper slats or their attachment IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

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