IPC Subgroup
E04H 6/18 with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages > Garages for many vehicles > with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles > with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions
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
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E04H 6/2 characterised by use of conveyor chains or rotatable rollers for horizontal transport
- E04H 6/22 characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport
- E04H 6/24 characterised by use of dollies for horizontal transport
- E04H 6/26 characterised by use of tiltable floors or floor sections; characterised by use of movable ramps
- E04H 6/28 characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION EIGHTH ENGINEERING DIVISION 6,575
- ZHEJIANG YASHA DECORATION COMPANY 4,488
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,427
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION SECOND ENGINEERING BUREAU 4,352
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 3,122
- GOLD MANTIS FINE DECORATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) COMPANY 2,605
- SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY 2,420
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION SEVENTH ENGINEERING DIVISION COMPANY 2,284
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIFTH ENGINEERING DIVISION CORPORATION 2,008
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION FIRST BUILDING (GROUP) CORPORATION 1,967