Boring or drilling devices able to be attached to a machine tool, whether or not replacing an operative portion of the machine tool (if specially adapted for particular work B23B41/00)

Filing statistics

CPC B23B 43/00 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