B23D 29/00 Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices (with nibbling action B23D27/02; hand-operated devices for metal-cutting otherwise than by shearing B26B)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
CPC: Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices (with nibbling action B23D27/02; hand-operated devices for metal-cutting otherwise than by shearing B26B)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices
Hand-held metal-shearing or metal-cutting devices (with nibbling action B23D27/02; hand-operated devices for metal-cutting otherwise than by shearing B26B)
CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
- FANUC JP 3,120
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
- HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
- FANUC 2,273
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
- ISCAR IL 1,499
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B23,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,642
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 3,316
- FANUC JP 3,111
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,711
- FANUC 2,163
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,113
- ISCAR IL 1,516
- SIEMENS DE 1,459
- LINCOLN GLOBAL US 1,433
- KOBE STEEL JP 1,423