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F16M 13/06

also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles > also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick

CPC:

Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles > also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick

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

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  • F16M 13/08 for use as a walking-cane IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

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