DIFF Main Group
F16L 29/00 Joints with fluid cut-off means (quick-acting joints with cut-off means F16L37/28)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Joints with fluid cut-off means
CPC: Joints with fluid cut-off means (quick-acting joints with cut-off means F16L37/28)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Joints with fluid cut-off means
CPC:
Joints with fluid cut-off means (quick-acting joints with cut-off means F16L37/28)
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- F16L 29/02 with a cut-off device in one of the two pipe ends, the cut-off device being automatically opened when the coupling is applied since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F16L 29/04 with a cut-off device in each of the two pipe ends, the cut-off devices being automatically opened when the coupling is applied since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 21,545
- ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 9,446
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7,215
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 6,846
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 6,106
- NTN CORPORATION 5,305
- SKF SE 4,219
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,852
- NSK 3,850
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 3,639
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
- ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
- SKF SE 4,729
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499