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F01L 5/00

Slide-valve gear or valve arrangements

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
Subclass:
CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES

Filing statistics

IPC F01L 5/00 belongs to the parent subclass F01L, which recorded 28,860 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 3,209 in 2013 to 1,109 in 2023 (-65%), peaking at 3,780 applications in 2015. The most active applicants in class F01 are GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (8,496 applications), UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) (7,291 applications) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (5,503 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Limiting references

Slide-valve gear or valve arrangements with pure rotary or oscillatory movement

Application references

Valve-gear specially for steam engines or specially for other machines or engines with variable fluid distribution

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F01L 5/02 with other than cylindrical, sleeve, or part-annularly-shaped valves, e.g. with flat-type valves
  • F01L 5/2 specially for two-stroke engines
  • F01L 5/22 Multiple-valve arrangements
  • F01L 5/24 Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in preceding subgroups of this group

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 8,496
  2. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 7,291
  3. SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 5,503
  4. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,556
  5. SIEMENS DE 3,992
  6. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 3,929
  7. RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 3,534
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,407
  9. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 3,042
  10. WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 2,888