B23K 26/36 Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence)
Introduced: January 2000
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Removing material
CPC: Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Removing material
Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
for creating voids inside the workpiece, e.g. for forming flow passages of flow patterns with laser beam entering a face of the workpiece form which it is transmitted through the workpiece material to work on a different workpiece face Laser assisted chemical etching
Application references
Processing photosensitive materials by stripping Ablation for laser recording Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
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 2000.
Child Classifications
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- B23K 26/361 for deburring or mechanical trimming (B23K26/351 takes precedence) since 2014 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B23K 26/40 taking account of the properties of the material involved since 2000 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