IPC Subgroup
E04H 1/12 Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys > Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- BUILDING
- Subclass:
- BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
Related Keywords
BOOTHSbuilding aspects of BOXES or cubiclesbuilding aspects of CABINSbuilding aspects of CUBICLESDRESSING cubiclesHUNTING boxes or lodgesHUTSKIOSKSMARKET(S) stallsOUTHOUSESPORTABLE building structuresplatform structures for RAILWAY(S),RAILROAD(S) roofs for platform structures for RAILWAY(S),RAILROAD(S)SENTRY boxessmall buildings, e.g. bus SHELTERSSHOOTING boxes or lodgesSTALL(S) [= booths]cabinets or call-boxes [= small buildings] for TELEPHONE(S)huts for WATCHMEN
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Child Classifications
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- E04H 1/14 Telephone cabinets
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
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