F41H 11/16 Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Defence installations; Defence devices; Means for clearing or detecting landmines > Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines > Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles
Defence installations; Defence devices (constructional aspects see Section E, e.g. E04H9/04; ) > Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines > Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2011.
Child Classifications
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- F41H 11/18 with ground-impacting means for activating mines by the use of mechanical impulses, e.g. flails or stamping elements since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41H 11/20 with ground-penetrating elements, e.g. with means for removing buried landmines from the soil (F41H11/18 takes precedence) since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41H 11/28 using brushing or sweeping means or dozers to push mines lying on a surface aside; using means for removing mines intact from a surface since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41H 11/30 with rollers creating a surface load on the ground, e.g. steadily increasing surface load, for triggering purposes since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41H 11/32 Decoy or sacrificial vehicles; Decoy or sacrificial devices attachable to vehicles since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
- CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 562
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 459
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 444
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 412
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 407
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 359
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 290
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 282
- SHELTERED WINGS, INC. D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS US 255
- THALES FR 228