Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2013

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Subclass:: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Additional Content

Glossary

unauthorised use means that the user has not been authorised by the rightful owner of the vehicle to use it. As an example of the difference between "unauthorised use" and "theft" we can cite vehicle access systems with different levels of authorisation according to the specific user.

Limiting references

Locks for vehicles

Related Keywords

vehicle THEFT preventionprevention of theft, or unauthorised use, of VEHICLES

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
B60R 25/1 actuating a signalling device
B60R 25/2 Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off
B60R 25/3 Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
B60R 25/4 Features of the power supply for the anti-theft system, e.g. anti-theft batteries, back-up power supply or means to save battery power

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B60, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
AUDI DE 10,806
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336