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B24B 7/17

for simultaneously grinding opposite and parallel end faces, e.g. double disc grinders

Introduced: January 1985

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 > for grinding end faces, e.g. of gauges, rollers, nuts or piston rings > for simultaneously grinding opposite and parallel end faces, e.g. double disc grinders

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) > for grinding end-faces, e.g. of gauges, rollers, nuts, piston rings (for combined grinding of surfaces of revolution and adjacent plane surfaces on work B24B5/01; for grinding edges of bevels on work B24B9/00) > for simultaneously grinding opposite and parallel end faces, e.g. double disc grinders

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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