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B23Q 2705/00

Driving working spindles or feeding members carrying tools or work

Filing statistics

CPC B23Q 2705/00 belongs to the parent subclass B23Q, which recorded 135,798 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 6,122 in 2013 to 12,605 in 2023 (+106%), peaking at 17,397 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

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Child Classifications

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  • B23Q 2705/005 General aspects of driving arrangements in a lathe, e.g. indexing the spindle, devices for keeping the cutting speed constant, braking or reversing devices
  • B23Q 2705/22 Limiting feed movement of a boring spindle
  • B23Q 2705/24 General aspects of limiting the carriage movement in lathes
  • B23Q 2705/26 Stopping the feed in case of overload or a break in a boring machine

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