B44B MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING (processes for producing decorative effects B44C; embossing leather C14B)
Description
B44B covers mechanized and powered equipment designed to perform decorative and artistic operations on materials, including sculpturing, guilloching (ornamental line engraving), carving, branding, and inlaying. The subclass encompasses both specialized machines and hand-operated or power-assisted tools that automate or facilitate precise artistic work on wood, metal, stone, leather, and similar materials. This classification excludes general-purpose machine tools (covered under B23-B24) and addresses devices specifically engineered for aesthetic rather than purely functional manufacturing purposes.
7 direct subcodes
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- B44B 1/00 Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving, or able to be controlled, three-dimensionally for making single sculptures or models (copying devices for machine-tool use B23Q35/00)
- B44B 11/00 Artists' hand tools for sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching or embossing; Accessories therefor
- B44B 2700/00 Machines, apparatus, tools or accessories for artistic work
- B44B 3/00 Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or able to be controlled substantially two-dimensionally for carving, engraving, or guilloching shallow ornamenting or markings (marking or engraving metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current B23H9/06; forme engraving B41C1/02; engraving by photomechanical reproduction G03F7/20)
- B44B 5/00 Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins (corrugating sheet metal or metal tubes, embossing combined with sheet-metal working operations B21D; embossing plastics or substances in a plastic state, in general B29C59/00; embossing of paper or cardboard in general B31F1/07; forme embossing B41C1/08; embossing combined with application of ink, type marking presses, selective embossing mechanisms B41F, B41J, B41K, B41M; embossing leather C14B)
- B44B 7/00 Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, (burning or charring wood stock B27M1/06)
- B44B 9/00 Machines or apparatus for inlaying with ornamental structures, e.g. tarsia or mosaic work (uniting ornamental elements, on a support B44C1/28, to structures B44C3/12; imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B44, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 316
- FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 291
- UNILIN BE 269
- FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 225
- LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 208
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 195
- AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 187
- SICPA HOLDING CH 169
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 144
- HUECK RHEINISCHE DE 138