Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides

Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeB66B7/12
Official titleChecking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides
Display labelChecking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides
Total patents28

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20151
20162
20173
20187
20193
20205
20213
20221
20232
20251

Representative patents

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

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC B66B7/12?
CPC B66B7/12 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B66B7/12 (Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables or guides)?
Our database includes 28 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B66B7/12 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 2 in 2023 vs 1 in 2025 (latest complete years).