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B02C 17/00

Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11 )

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls

CPC: Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11 )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls

CPC:

Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11 )

Of 9 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Child Classifications

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  • B02C 17/002 CPC only CPC only
  • B02C 17/005 CPC only CPC only
  • B02C 17/007 CPC only CPC only
  • B02C 17/02 with perforated container IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B02C 17/10 with one or a few disintegrating members arranged in the container IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B02C 17/14 Mills in which the charge to be ground is turned over by movements of the container other than by rotating, e.g. by swinging, vibrating, tilting IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SE 503
  2. THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 498
  3. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 382
  4. ZHEJIANG ZHE KUANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY 239
  5. FLSMIDTH DK 239
  6. ZAOZHUANG SNKSAN INTELLIGENT MACHINERY COMPANY 230
  7. KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 202
  8. METSO MINERALS FI 195
  9. BUEHLER CH 189
  10. ISEKI & CO 186

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B02,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SE 543
  2. THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 517
  3. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 398
  4. FLSMIDTH DK 262
  5. METSO MINERALS FI 227
  6. BUEHLER CH 200
  7. METSO MINERALS INDUSTRIES US 195
  8. METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND FI 191
  9. NETZSCH-FEINMAHLTECHNIK DE 189
  10. ZAOZHUANG SNKSAN INTELLIGENT MACHINERY COMPANY 165