DIFF Subgroup
B23K 26/02 Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
Introduced: January 1980
Full Title
Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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- B23K 26/03 Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece since 2000 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B23K 26/035 Aligning the laser beam (automatically B23K26/042) since 2014 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B23K 26/04 Automatically aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam, e.g. using the back-scattered light since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B23K 26/06 Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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