CPC Subgroup
B23C 1/045 Full Title
Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations > with a plurality of horizontal working-spindles
Filing statistics
CPC B23C 1/045 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
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,642
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 3,316
- FANUC JP 3,111
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,711
- FANUC 2,163
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,113
- ISCAR IL 1,516
- SIEMENS DE 1,459
- LINCOLN GLOBAL US 1,433
- KOBE STEEL JP 1,423