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B21D 28/02

Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching

Full Title

Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating > Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B21D 28/04 Centering the work; Positioning the tools
  • B21D 28/10 Incompletely punching in such a manner that the parts are still coherent with the work
  • B21D 28/16 Shoulder or burr prevention
  • B21D 28/18 Yieldable, e.g. rubber, punching pads
  • B21D 28/20 Applications of drives
  • B21D 28/22 Notching the peripheries of circular blanks, e.g. laminations for dynamo-electric machines

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JFE STEEL JP 2,667
  2. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,049
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,967
  4. NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,800
  5. SMS GROUP DE 1,538
  6. JFE STEEL 1,150
  7. ARCELORMITTAL LU 1,142
  8. BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 821
  9. HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 808
  10. THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE DE 660