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F16L 27/00

Adjustable joints; Joints allowing movement (of the quick-acting type F16L37/50; for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies F16L39/04 )

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Adjustable joints; Joints allowing movement

CPC: Adjustable joints; Joints allowing movement (of the quick-acting type F16L37/50; for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies F16L39/04 )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Adjustable joints; Joints allowing movement

CPC:

Adjustable joints; Joints allowing movement (of the quick-acting type F16L37/50; for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies F16L39/04 )

Additional Content IPC

Swivel joints in hose lines used for flushing boreholes

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

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 21,545
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 9,446
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7,215
  4. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 6,846
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 6,106
  6. NTN CORPORATION 5,305
  7. SKF SE 4,219
  8. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,852
  9. NSK 3,850
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 3,639

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
  3. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
  5. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
  6. SKF SE 4,729
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
  9. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
  10. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499