for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof

for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB66C1/66
Official titlefor engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
Display labelfor engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
Total patents182

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201514
201616
201717
201810
201916
202017
202119
202217
202313
202426
202513
20264

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 B66C1/66?
CPC B66C1/66 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B66C1/66 (for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof)?
Our database includes 182 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B66C1/66 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 26 in 2024 vs 13 in 2025 (latest complete years).