B24B 7/00 Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor (B24B21/00 takes precedence; honing of plane surfaces on work B24B33/055)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor
CPC: Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor (B24B21/00 takes precedence; honing of plane surfaces on work B24B33/055)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor
Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor (B24B21/00 takes precedence; honing of plane surfaces on work B24B33/055)
Of 7 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B24B 7/02 involving a reciprocatingly-moved work-table (involving a reciprocatingly-moved grinding wheel in combination with a stationary work-table B24B7/07) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B24B 7/06 involving conveyor belts, a sequence of travelling work-tables or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B24B 7/10 Single-purpose machines or devices (grinding tools or machines specially designed for use on assembled railway track E01B31/17) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B24B 7/20 characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 3,084
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,570
- EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,393
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 1,368
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,270
- EBARA CORPORATION 1,016
- FUJIMI JP 829
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 804
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 803
- SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 781
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,092
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,813
- EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,804
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,329
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 863
- FUJIMI JP 858
- SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 833
- EBARA CORPORATION 810
- SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES FR 782
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 735