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B64C 31/06

Kites

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2020

Full Title

Aircraft intended to be sustained without power plant; Powered hang-glider-type aircraft; Microlight-type aircraft > Kites

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
Subclass:
AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS

Filing statistics

IPC B64C 31/06 belongs to the parent subclass B64C, which recorded 147,606 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 5,800 in 2013 to 9,217 in 2023 (+59%), peaking at 18,666 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B64 are BOEING COMPANY (8,583 applications), AIRBUS OPERATIONS (3,430 applications) and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (2,757 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Limiting references

Toy aspects Airborne towed targets, e.g. kites

Application references

for propelling water sports boards for propelling vessels

Related Keywords

KITES

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B64, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. BOEING COMPANY US 8,583
  2. AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,430
  3. AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 2,757
  4. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,332
  5. SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,109
  6. AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,084
  7. GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,053
  8. XI'AN AIRCRAFT DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA 1,938
  9. BOEING COMPANY 1,816
  10. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS 1,589