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H02H 5/00

Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal non-electric working conditions with or without subsequent reconnection

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
GENERATION, CONVERSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
Subclass:
EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS

Filing statistics

IPC H02H 5/00 belongs to the parent subclass H02H, which recorded 123,243 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 8,840 in 2013 to 13,605 in 2023 (+54%). The most active applicants in class H02 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (54,496 applications), MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (10,495 applications) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (9,464 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H02H 5/08 responsive to abnormal fluid pressure, liquid level or liquid displacement, e.g. Buchholz relays
  • H02H 5/1 responsive to mechanical injury, e.g. rupture of line, breakage of earth connection
  • H02H 5/12 responsive to undesired approach to, or touching of, live parts by living beings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 54,496
  2. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 10,495
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9,464
  4. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 9,339
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,226
  6. SIEMENS DE 8,218
  7. DENSO CORPORATION 7,063
  8. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 6,619
  9. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,826
  10. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,094