IPC Main Group
B61L 23/00 Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains
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
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B61L 23/02 for indicating along the route the failure of brakes
- B61L 23/04 for monitoring the mechanical state of the route
- B61L 23/06 for warning men working on the route
- B61L 23/08 for controlling traffic in one direction only
- B61L 23/22 for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails
- B61L 23/34 for indicating the distance between vehicles or trains by the transmission of signals therebetween
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