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B24B 19/16

for grinding sharp-pointed workpieces, e.g. needles, pens, fish hooks, tweezers or record player styli (grinding bevels on diamonds or sapphires B24B9/16; polishing of needles B24B29/08)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for grinding sharp-pointed workpieces, e.g. needles, pens, fish hooks, tweezers or record player styli

CPC: for grinding sharp-pointed workpieces, e.g. needles, pens, fish hooks, tweezers or record player styli (grinding bevels on diamonds or sapphires B24B9/16; polishing of needles B24B29/08)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Single purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group > for grinding sharp-pointed workpieces, e.g. needles, pens, fish hooks, tweezers or record player styli

CPC:

Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group (tapering, chamfering, or relief cutting of taps or reamers B24B3/20, B24B3/22, grinding screw threads B23G) > for grinding sharp-pointed workpieces, e.g. needles, pens, fish hooks, tweezers or record player styli (grinding bevels on diamonds or sapphires B24B9/16; polishing of needles B24B29/08)

Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B24B 19/165 CPC only CPC only
  • B24B 19/18 for grinding carding equipment, e.g. card-clothings (devices for sharpening card-clothings built in or attachable to carding machines D01G) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 3,084
  2. APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,570
  3. EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,393
  4. DISCO CORPORATION JP 1,368
  5. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,270
  6. EBARA CORPORATION 1,016
  7. FUJIMI JP 829
  8. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 804
  9. ROBERT BOSCH DE 803
  10. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 781

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,092
  2. APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,813
  3. EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,804
  4. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,329
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 863
  6. FUJIMI JP 858
  7. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 833
  8. EBARA CORPORATION 810
  9. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES FR 782
  10. DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 735