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B02C 18/00

Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments; Mincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like

CPC: Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments; Mincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like

CPC:

Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments

Of 8 combined children, 5 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Child Classifications

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  • B02C 18/0076 CPC only CPC only
  • B02C 18/26 with knives which both reciprocate and rotate IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B02C 18/28 with spiked cylinders 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