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F16L 3/23

for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other (F16L3/237 takes precedence)

Introduced: January 1995

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other

CPC: for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other (F16L3/237 takes precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets > specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals > for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other

CPC:

Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets (anchors for holding pipes on or under the ground F16L1/06; noise absorbers in the form of specially adapted hangers or supports F16L55/035; arrangements specially adapted for supporting insulated bodies F16L59/12) > specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals > for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other (F16L3/237 takes precedence)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

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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