IPC Subgroup
E01D 2/04 of the box-girder type
Introduced: January 1995
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Bridges characterised by the cross-section of their bearing spanning structure > of the box-girder type
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- Subclass:
- BRIDGES
Filing statistics
IPC E01D 2/04 belongs to the parent subclass E01D, which recorded 128,907 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 4,299 in 2013 to 17,552 in 2023 (+308%), peaking at 18,786 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class E01 are CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY (2,096 applications), CHANG AN UNIVERSITY (1,878 applications) and ROAD & BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY (1,796 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA RAILWAY SIYUAN SURVEY AND DESIGN GROUP COMPANY 2,096
- CHANG AN UNIVERSITY 1,878
- ROAD & BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 1,796
- CREEC (CHINA RAILWAY ERYUAN ENGINEERING GROUP) 1,493
- CHINA RAILWAY MAJOR BRIDGE ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 1,327
- CCCC FIRST HIGHWAY ENGINEERING GROUP COMPANY 1,133
- CCCC SECOND HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY 1,029
- PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN AT 935
- TONGJI UNIVERSITY 899
- CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS US 868