IPC Main Group
B61L 21/00 Station blocking between signal boxes in one yard
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- RAILWAYS
- Subclass:
- GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B61L 21/02 Mechanical locking and release of the route; Repeat locks; Coupling of semaphores
- B61L 21/04 Electrical locking and release of the route; Electrical repeat locks
- B61L 21/06 Vehicle-on-line indication; Monitoring locking and release of the route
- B61L 21/08 Order transmission and reception arrangements for giving or withholding permission
- B61L 21/1 Arrangements for trains which are closely following one another
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
- SIEMENS DE 1,941
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
- BYD COMPANY 1,371
- CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
- CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
- SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958