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B23B 39/14

with special provision to enable the machine or the drilling or boring head to be moved into any desired position, e.g. with respect to immovable work

Full Title

General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines > with special provision to enable the machine or the drilling or boring head to be moved into any desired position, e.g. with respect to immovable work

Filing statistics

CPC B23B 39/14 belongs to the parent subclass B23B, which recorded 66,933 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 4,756 in 2013 to 4,707 in 2023 (-1%), peaking at 7,816 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class B23 are ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) (3,642 applications), DISCO CORPORATION (3,316 applications) and FANUC (3,111 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,642
  2. DISCO CORPORATION JP 3,316
  3. FANUC JP 3,111
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,711
  5. FANUC 2,163
  6. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,113
  7. ISCAR IL 1,516
  8. SIEMENS DE 1,459
  9. LINCOLN GLOBAL US 1,433
  10. KOBE STEEL JP 1,423