Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Subclass:: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE

Filing statistics

IPC B65F 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B65F, which recorded 89,175 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 3,314 in 2013 to 7,458 in 2023 (+125%), peaking at 14,765 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are CANON (3,755 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (3,721 applications) and YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY (3,659 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

VEHICLES for collecting refuse

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Child Classifications

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B65F 3/02 with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
B65F 3/14 with devices for charging, distributing, or compressing refuse in the interior of the tank of a refuse vehicle
B65F 3/24 with devices for unloading the tank of a refuse vehicle

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CANON 3,755
SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
KRONES DE 3,114
P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
RICOH COMPANY 2,349