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B23K 37/047

moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps (B23K37/053 takes precedence)

Introduced: January 1990

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps

CPC: moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps (B23K37/053 takes precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass > for holding or positioning work > moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps

CPC:

Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass > for holding or positioning work > moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps (B23K37/053 takes precedence)

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both 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