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B23B 39/00

General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring or drilling machines

CPC: General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring or drilling machines

CPC:

General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines

Of 10 combined children, 8 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B23B 39/003 CPC only CPC only
  • B23B 39/006 CPC only CPC only
  • B23B 39/02 Boring machines; Combined horizontal boring and milling machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B23B 39/10 characterised by the drive, e.g. by fluid-pressure drive pneumatic power drive IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B23B 39/12 Radial drilling machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B23B 39/14 with special provision to enable the machine or the drilling or boring head to be moved into any desired position, e.g. with respect to immovable work IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B23B 39/26 in which the working position of tool or work is controlled by copying discrete points of a pattern (features of copying devices B23Q35/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B23B 39/28 Associations of only boring or drilling machines directed to a particular metal-working result (if not producing a particular metal-working result B23Q39/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
  2. FANUC JP 3,120
  3. DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
  4. HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
  6. FANUC 2,273
  7. DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
  8. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
  10. ISCAR IL 1,499

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,642
  2. DISCO CORPORATION JP 3,316
  3. FANUC JP 3,111
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,711
  5. FANUC 2,163
  6. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,113
  7. ISCAR IL 1,516
  8. SIEMENS DE 1,459
  9. LINCOLN GLOBAL US 1,433
  10. KOBE STEEL JP 1,423