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B24B 7/10

Single-purpose machines or devices (grinding tools or machines specially designed for use on assembled railway track E01B31/17)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Single-purpose machines or devices

CPC: Single-purpose machines or devices (grinding tools or machines specially designed for use on assembled railway track E01B31/17)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor > Single-purpose machines or devices

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) > Single-purpose machines or devices (grinding tools or machines specially designed for use on assembled railway track E01B31/17)

Additional Content IPC

Grinding tools or machines specially adapted for use on assembled railway track

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B24B 7/14 for grinding slideways (portable grinding machines designed for fastening on workpieces B24B23/08) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B24B 7/19 for grinding plane decorative patterns since 1985 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