IPC Subgroup
B65G 67/04 Loading land vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Loading or unloading vehicles > Loading or unloading land vehicles > Loading land vehicles
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
Filing statistics
IPC B65G 67/04 belongs to the parent subclass B65G, which recorded 773,577 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 27,737 in 2013 to 105,830 in 2023 (+282%), peaking at 107,540 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
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 67/06 Feeding articles or materials from bunkers or funnels
- B65G 67/08 using endless conveyors
- B65G 67/1 using conveyors covering the whole length of vehicle trains
- B65G 67/12 Loading elongated articles, e.g. rails, logs
- B65G 67/14 Loading hardened bricks, briquettes, or the like
- B65G 67/16 Loading coke-oven products
- B65G 67/18 Refuelling locomotives with solid fuels
- B65G 67/2 Loading covered vehicles
- B65G 67/22 Loading moving vehicles
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