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B22D 41/30

Manufacturing or repairing thereof

Introduced: January 1990

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like > Closures > sliding-gate type, i.e. having a fixed plate and a movable plate in sliding contact with each other for selective registry of their openings > Plates therefor > Manufacturing or repairing thereof

CPC:

Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like (B22D39/00, B22D43/00 take precedence) > Closures > sliding-gate type, i.e. having a fixed plate and a movable plate in sliding contact with each other for selective registry of their openings > Plates therefor (B22D41/38 - B22D41/42 take precedence) > Manufacturing or repairing thereof

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

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  • B22D 41/32 characterised by the materials used therefor since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,719
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,489
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,248
  4. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,043
  5. SIEMENS DE 1,028
  6. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 959
  7. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 891
  8. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 786
  9. UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING 769
  10. JFE STEEL JP 761

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,157
  2. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 1,633
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,267
  4. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,124
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,040
  6. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,015
  7. JFE STEEL JP 884
  8. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 810
  9. HITACHI METALS JP 641
  10. SINTOKOGIO JP 624