What is CPC B60N2/169?

CPC B60N2/169 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence).”

How many patents are filed under CPC B60N2/169 (Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence))?

Our database includes 40 publications tagged with this CPC code.

Publication counts under this code: 1 in 2023 vs 1 in 2025 (latest complete years).

Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence) · 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	B60N2/169
Official title	{Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence)}
Display label	Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence)
Total patents	40

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

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

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What is CPC B60N2/169?: CPC B60N2/169 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence).”
How many patents are filed under CPC B60N2/169 (Stepwise movement mechanisms, e.g. ratchets (B60N2/167 takes precedence))?: Our database includes 40 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B60N2/169 growing?: Publication counts under this code: 1 in 2023 vs 1 in 2025 (latest complete years).