CPC technology class · B62

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles

Hand-propelled vehicles, e.g. hand carts or perambulators; sledges. 3,039 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

3,039
US patents granted
#5/7
in B62
6.5%
B62 class share
+4%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hand-propelled Vehicles ranks #311 of 670 CPC technology areas - 3,039 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 4% over five years.

#311
of 670 CPC technology areas
3,039
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Wonderland Switzerland
leading assignee (173)
+4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B62B's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B62B recorded 1,400 grants versus 1,352 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 320 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 241 (+33% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Wonderland Switzerland AG holds 5.7% of the class ; the top three share 10.1%.

Leaderboard read

B62B concentration, lead at 5.7%

Wonderland Switzerland AG leads this historical grant record at 5.7% of B62B - us corporation assignees hold 56% of class grants (932 of 1,652). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
5.7%

173 of 3,039 grants

Top three share
10.1%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
83

more grants than Walmart Apollo, LLC

Where B62B sits inside B62

Among 7 subclasses in B62 (Land Vehicles FOR Travelling Otherwise Than ON Rails), B62B ranks #5 and holds 6.5% of the parent class's 46,955 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

Rising assignees active in B62B

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. #1 Zhejiang Pride Leisure Products Co., Ltd. 16x 1 → 16 company-wide · 5 in B62B
  2. #2 China Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd 13x 0 → 13 company-wide · 5 in B62B
  3. #3 Maplebear Inc. 9.10x 10 → 91 company-wide · 5 in B62B
  4. #4 Artsana USA, Inc. 5.00x 0 → 5 company-wide · 7 in B62B
  5. #5 Green Cubes Technology, LLC 4.20x 5 → 21 company-wide · 6 in B62B

B62B grants by year, peak 2019 (320)

US utility-patent grants per year in B62B, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 4% versus 2015–2019.

200250300350 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 225

Who leads B62B?

The 12 most active assignees in Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Wonderland Switzerland is the most active filer in B62B, holding 173 of the 3,039 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
View data table

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B62B 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 B62B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B62B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 510152025 050100150200 Patents in B62B Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Wonderland SwitzerlandWalmart ApolloToshiba TecWonderland Nurserygood…Gatekeeper SystemsRehrig PacificThe Radio FlyerKeter PlasticSuperpedestrianBaby JoggerDorel Juvenile GroupTarget BrandsThe RaymondKolcraft Enterprises
Top 14 B62B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B62B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B62B's 3,039-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B62B (#311 of 670 by volume ; lead share 5.7%) - not the B62 parent-class siblings above.

Questions about B62B

Which company holds the most patents in B62B?
Wonderland Switzerland AG leads B62B with 173 patents (5.7% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 56% of class grants.
Which B62B assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B62B, Zhejiang Pride Leisure Products Co., Ltd. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (16x: 1 grants in 2019–2021 → 16 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does B62B compare inside parent class B62?
Inside B62 (Land Vehicles FOR Travelling Otherwise Than ON Rails), B62B ranks #5 of 7 subclasses by grant volume and holds 6.5% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B62D (29,451 grants).

What to do with this data

B62B in context - here's where to go next.

  • Wonderland Switzerland AG leads B62B with 173 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • B62B ranks #311 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class B62, the largest sibling subclass is B62D with 29,451 grants. Explore B62D

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

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