B25 HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
Description
B25 covers hand-operated and portable power-driven tools used for manual work, including striking tools (hammers, mallets), cutting tools (saws, chisels), fastening tools (screwdrivers, wrenches), and drilling equipment. The class encompasses handles and grips for hand implements, workshop benches and vises, as well as manipulators and mechanical devices designed to assist manual operations. This broad classification excludes agricultural tools (B43), machine tools for fixed installation (B23), and portable tools designed primarily for gardening or forestry applications.
Filing statistics
CPC B25 recorded 359,105 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023, summed across its 7 subclasses. Annual filings grew from 15,998 in 2013 to 35,703 in 2023 (+123%), peaking at 43,415 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B25 are FANUC (3,700 applications), ROBERT BOSCH (3,293 applications) and LG ELECTRONICS (2,871 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
7 direct subcodes
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- B25B TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
- B25C HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (for shoemaking A43D)
- B25D PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
- B25F COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B25G HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)
- B25H WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
- B25J MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; ; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; ; cranes B66C; ; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; )
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filings, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FANUC JP 3,700
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,293
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,871
- HILTI LI 2,424
- FANUC 2,406
- KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 2,103
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,854
- MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION US 1,825
- MAKITA CORPORATION JP 1,677
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,513