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B21D 28/02

Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap; Notching

CPC: Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating > Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap; Notching

CPC:

Shaping by press-cutting; Perforating > Punching blanks or articles with or without obtaining scrap (cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material B21G3/26); Notching

Additional Content IPC

Cutting nails or pins from strips or sheet material

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B21D 28/04 Centering the work; Positioning the tools IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B21D 28/10 Incompletely punching in such a manner that the parts are still coherent with the work IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B21D 28/16 Shoulder or burr prevention IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B21D 28/18 Yieldable, e.g. rubber, punching pads IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B21D 28/20 Applications of drives IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B21D 28/22 Notching the peripheries of circular blanks, e.g. laminations for dynamo-electric machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JFE STEEL 2,318
  2. JFE STEEL JP 2,294
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 2,083
  4. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 1,650
  5. NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,631
  6. SMS GROUP DE 1,472
  7. BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 1,181
  8. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,079
  9. ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE 984
  10. HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 980

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JFE STEEL JP 2,667
  2. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,049
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,967
  4. NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,800
  5. SMS GROUP DE 1,538
  6. JFE STEEL 1,150
  7. ARCELORMITTAL LU 1,142
  8. BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 821
  9. HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 808
  10. THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE DE 660