B65F 3/04 Linkages, pivoted arms, or pivoted carriers for raising and subsequently tipping receptacles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse > with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto > Linkages, pivoted arms, or pivoted carriers for raising and subsequently tipping receptacles
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 3/04 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
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Child Classifications
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- B65F 3/06 Arrangement or disposition of fluid actuators
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