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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:

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)

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

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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