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B24B 15/00

Machines or devices designed for grinding seat surfaces; Accessories therefor (for spherical surfaces in general B24B11/00)

Filing statistics

CPC B24B 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass B24B, which recorded 132,872 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 5,708 in 2013 to 13,782 in 2023 (+141%), peaking at 18,119 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B24 are DISCO CORPORATION (2,092 applications), APPLIED MATERIALS (1,813 applications) and EBARA CORPORATION (1,804 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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  • B24B 15/04 on valve members
  • B24B 15/06 on openings of bottles; on bottle stoppers or the like
  • B24B 15/08 for grinding co-operating seat surfaces by moving one over the other

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,092
  2. APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,813
  3. EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,804
  4. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,329
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 863
  6. FUJIMI JP 858
  7. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 833
  8. EBARA CORPORATION 810
  9. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES FR 782
  10. DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 735