B25D PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
Description
B25D covers hand-held and portable power-driven tools that operate through striking, hammering, or percussion mechanisms. This includes pneumatic, electric, and manual hammers; chisels and breakers; jackhammers; and nail guns designed for fastening or breaking applications. The classification encompasses both the percussive tools themselves and their operational mechanisms, excluding general hand tools without percussion function that fall under other B25 subclasses.
Filing statistics
CPC subclass B25D recorded 8,391 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 758 in 2013 to 591 in 2023 (-22%), peaking at 915 applications in 2018. 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
14 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B25D 1/00 Hand hammers ; Hammer heads of special shape or materials
- B25D 11/00 Portable percussive tools with electromotor drive
- B25D 16/00 Portable percussive machines with superimposed rotation
- B25D 17/00 Details of, or accessories for, portable power-driven percussive tools
- B25D 2209/00 Details of portable percussive tools with fluid-pressure drive, i.e. driven directly by fluids, e.g. having several percussive tool bits operated simultaneously
- B25D 2211/00 Details of portable percussive tools with electromotor or other motor drive
- B25D 2216/00 Details of portable percussive machines with superimposed rotation, the rotational movement of the output shaft of a motor being modified to generate axial impacts on the tool bit
- B25D 2217/00 Details of, or accessories for, portable power-driven percussive tools
- B25D 2222/00 Materials of the tool or the workpiece
- B25D 2250/00 General details of portable percussive tools; Components used in portable percussive tools
- B25D 3/00 Hand chisels
- B25D 5/00 Centre punches
- B25D 7/00 Picks
- B25D 9/00 Portable percussive tools with fluid-pressure drive, , e.g. having several percussive tool bits operated simultaneously
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B25, 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