What is CPC B60K17/04?

CPC B60K17/04 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing.”

How many patents are filed under CPC B60K17/04 (characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing)?

Our database includes 834 publications tagged with this CPC code.

Publication counts under this code: 102 in 2024 vs 78 in 2025 (latest complete years).

characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
Metric	Value
CPC code	B60K17/04
Official title	characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing
Display label	characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing
Total patents	834

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

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What is CPC B60K17/04?: CPC B60K17/04 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B60K17/04 (characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing)?: Our database includes 834 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B60K17/04 growing?: Publication counts under this code: 102 in 2024 vs 78 in 2025 (latest complete years).