IPC Main Group
H01B 13/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- Subclass:
- CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
Filing statistics
IPC H01B 13/00 belongs to the parent subclass H01B, which recorded 250,733 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 18,984 in 2013 to 23,641 in 2023 (+25%), peaking at 26,842 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H01 are TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (43,574 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (42,206 applications) and LG CHEM (21,383 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
COATING cables or conductorsCOVERING cables or conductorsEXTRUDING in making electric cablesLAPPING in making electric cables [= winding]WRAPPING of cables or conductors
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H01B 13/004 for manufacturing rigid-tube cables
- H01B 13/008 for manufacturing extensible conductors or cables
- H01B 13/012 for manufacturing wire harnesses
- H01B 13/016 for manufacturing co-axial cables
- H01B 13/02 Stranding-up
- H01B 13/06 Insulating conductors or cables
- H01B 13/22 Sheathing; Armouring; Screening; Applying other protective layers
- H01B 13/28 Applying continuous inductive loading, e.g. Krarup loading
- H01B 13/3 Drying; Impregnating
- H01B 13/32 Filling or coating with impervious material
- H01B 13/34 for marking conductors or cables
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634