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B23K 26/40

taking account of the properties of the material involved

Introduced: January 2000

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Removing material > taking account of the properties of the material involved

CPC:

Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence) > taking account of the properties of the material involved

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2014.

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  • B23K 26/402 involving non-metallic material, e.g. isolators since 2014 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