IPC Subgroup
D07B 7/18 for spreading or untwisting ropes or cables into constituent parts for treatment or splicing purposes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, rope- or cable-making machines; Auxiliary apparatus associated with such machines > Auxiliary apparatus > for spreading or untwisting ropes or cables into constituent parts for treatment or splicing purposes
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
- Subclass:
- ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 375
- BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION JP 198
- BEKAERT BE 187
- JIANGSU XINGDA STEEL TYRE CORD COMPANY 138
- BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 134
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 126
- GUIZHOU STEEL ROPE COMPANY 117
- MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE CH 105
- JIANGSU SAFETY STEEL WIRE ROPE COMPANY 90
- JIANGSU XINGDA STEEL CORD COMPANY 85