Auxiliary treatment of workpieces, before or during machining operations, to facilitate the action of the tool or the attainment of a desired final condition of the work, e.g. relief of internal stress

Filing statistics

CPC B23P 25/00 belongs to the parent subclass B23P, which recorded 127,478 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,342 in 2013 to 12,446 in 2023 (+70%), peaking at 14,453 applications in 2020. 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