CPC technology class · B60

B60F - Vehicles For Use Both On Rail And On Road

Vehicles for use both on rail and on road; amphibious or like vehicles; convertible vehicles. 386 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

386
US patents granted: #18/19
in B60: 0.2%
B60 class share: +28%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vehicles For Use Both On Rail And On Road ranks #562 of 670 CPC technology areas - 386 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 28% over five years.

#562
of 670 CPC technology areas: 386
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Gibbs
leading assignee (28): +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B60F's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B60F recorded 195 grants versus 152 in 2015–2019 (+28% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2022 at 51 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 21 (+143% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Gibbs Technologies Limited holds 7.3% of the class ; the top three share 11.9%.

Leaderboard read

B60F concentration, lead at 7.3%

Gibbs Technologies Limited leads this historical grant record at 7.3% of B60F - foreign corporation assignees hold 55% of class grants (75 of 137). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 7.3%
Top three share: 11.9%
Lead over #2: 18

Where B60F sits inside B60

Among 19 subclasses in B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60F ranks #18 and holds 0.2% of the parent class's 247,467 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B60R 42,931 B60W 39,530 B60K 34,645 B60L 29,944 B60Y 14,131 B60Q 13,530 B60N 13,335 B60T 11,759

Rising assignees active in B60F

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Flyon Aerosystems Ltd. 6.00x 0 → 6 company-wide · 5 in B60F
#2 Hyalta Aeronautics, Inc. 2.50x 4 → 10 company-wide · 8 in B60F
#3 Gibbs Technologies Limited 1.00x 7 → 7 company-wide · 28 in B60F
#4 Ontario Drive & Gear Limited 1.00x 2 → 2 company-wide · 6 in B60F
#5 Nuhn Industries Ltd. 0.71x 7 → 5 company-wide · 10 in B60F

B60F grants by year, peak 2022 (51)

US utility-patent grants per year in B60F, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 28% versus 2015–2019.

Gibbs

28
Nuhn Industries

10
Hyalta Aeronautics

8
Ontario Drive & Gear

6
Flyon Aerosystems

5
Bae Systems Hägglunds…

4
Paha Designs

4
Aeplog

4
Horizon Global…

3
Harsco

3
Shanghai Autoflight

3
Unmanned Innovations

3

What this shows Gibbs is the most active filer in B60F, holding 28 of the 386 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass B60F
Rank	Company	Patents in B60F
#1	Gibbs Technologies Limited	28
#2	Nuhn Industries Ltd.	10
#3	Hyalta Aeronautics, Inc.	8
#4	Ontario Drive & Gear Limited	6
#5	Flyon Aerosystems Ltd.	5
#6	Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag	4
#7	Paha Designs, LLC	4
#8	Aeplog, Inc.	4
#9	Horizon Global Americas Inc.	3
#10	Harsco Technologies LLC	3
#11	Shanghai Autoflight Co., Ltd.	3
#12	Unmanned Innovations, Inc.	3
#13	Nordco Inc.	3
#14	Krauss-maffei Wegmann GMBH & Co. KG	3
#15	Diversified Metal Fabricators, Inc.	3
#16	Custom Truck & Equipment LLC	3
#17	Trackmobile LLC	3
#18	Jason Toys & Electronics Co., Ltd	3
#19	Foster-Miller, Inc.	2
#20	Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.	2

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B60F assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 B60F assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B60F. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Questions about B60F

Which company holds the most patents in B60F?

Gibbs Technologies Limited leads B60F with 28 patents (7.3% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 55% of class grants.

Which B60F assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B60F, Flyon Aerosystems Ltd. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (6.00x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 6 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B60F compare inside parent class B60?

Inside B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60F ranks #18 of 19 subclasses by grant volume and holds 0.2% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B60R (42,931 grants).

What to do with this data

B60F in context - here's where to go next.

Gibbs Technologies Limited leads B60F with 28 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B60F ranks #562 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B60, the largest sibling subclass is B60R with 42,931 grants. Explore B60R

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - B60F figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (386 grants in the tracked window).

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