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DIFF Subgroup
B24B 7/22

for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain

Introduced: September 1968

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 > characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground > for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain

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) > characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground > for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain

CPC subdivides this area 5x more granularly than IPC with 4 additional codes.

4 codes are CPC-only extensions.

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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