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B23C 1/04

with a plurality of horizontal working-spindles

Full Title

Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations > with a plurality of horizontal working-spindles

Filing statistics

CPC B23C 1/04 belongs to the parent subclass B23C, which recorded 24,967 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,871 in 2013 to 1,686 in 2023 (-10%), peaking at 2,770 applications in 2017. 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

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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