B25F COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Introduced: September 1968
Description
This subclass covers combination tools integrating multiple functions within a single portable device (such as hammer-pry bar combinations or multi-bit screwdrivers) where the tool does not fit standard classifications for individual tool types. It also encompasses generic structural components, mechanisms, and features of portable power-driven tools—including handles, guards, speed controllers, chucks, and safety devices—that are not tied to specific tool operations and lack dedicated classifications elsewhere in B25. Inventions in this class typically address tool ergonomics, interchangeability, portability, or versatility rather than the performance of a particular task. Detailed designs for tool-specific mechanisms (e.g., feed mechanisms unique to drills or grinding wheels) are classified in their respective operation classes, not here.
Additional Content IPC
Portable Capable of being easily carried or conveyed. Multi-purpose tool multi-purpose tools Device having or serving several purposes, which may be either manual or power-driven, e.g. a tool with interchangeable tool elements. Combination hand tools Manually operated object involving two, or possibly more than two (but a confined number of), clearly defined purposes (having two or more tools put together for different purposes), e.g. multi-plier tool.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools (associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; ) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B25F 3/00 Associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means; Adapters therefor IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for since 1985 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B25,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,635
- FANUC JP 3,353
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,950
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,397
- HILTI LI 2,243
- FANUC 2,234
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,131
- KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 1,940
- MAKITA CORPORATION 1,851
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,562
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B25,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FANUC JP 3,700
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,293
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,871
- HILTI LI 2,424
- FANUC 2,406
- KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 2,103
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,854
- MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION US 1,825
- MAKITA CORPORATION JP 1,677
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,513