Machines for inserting dowels, with or without drilling equipment (manufacture of wooden dowels B27M3/28 )

Filing statistics

CPC B27F 4/00 belongs to the parent subclass B27F, which recorded 2,878 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 125 in 2013 to 208 in 2023 (+66%), peaking at 449 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B27 are ROBERT BOSCH (868 applications), NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY (463 applications) and HOMAG (437 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings