B27L REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES (forestry A01G); SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B27L encompasses machinery and processes for primary wood preparation and conversion operations, including bark removal, debarking of branch remnants, wood splitting, and the manufacture of wood-derived products such as veneer sheets, wooden dowels or sticks, wood shavings, wood fibres, and wood powder. This classification covers debarking equipment, splitting mechanisms, and processing technologies that transform raw or partially processed wood into intermediate or finished materials for further manufacturing or end use. Applications range from sawmill preparation of logs to production of wood composites, engineered wood products, and cellulose-based materials.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
CPC: REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES (forestry A01G); SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES (forestry A01G); SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B27L 1/00 Debarking or removing vestiges of branches from trees or logs (debarking by chemical treatment B27L3/00 ); Machines therefor +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B27L 11/00 Manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder, or the like (disintegrating in general B02C; edge trimming sawing blades or sawing tools combined with means to disintegrate waste B27B33/20; obtaining fibres for spinning D01B1/00; wet methods D21B1/12); Tools therefor +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B27L 5/00 Manufacture of veneer (working veneer or plywood B27D ) +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B27L 9/00 Manufacture of wooden sticks, e.g. toothpicks (of walking sticks, of sticks for umbrellas B27M3/38; combined with other operations in the manufacture of matches C06F) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 960
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 762
- HOMAG DE 384
- HARBIN ARTS AND CRAFTS COMPANY 350
- NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 343
- SWISS KRONO TEC CH 304
- MAKITA CORPORATION 298
- DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 296
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 287
- HUSQVARNA SE 282
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 868
- NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 463
- HOMAG DE 437
- HUSQVARNA SE 360
- SWISS KRONO TEC CH 350
- MAKITA CORPORATION JP 319
- DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 312
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 306
- ANDREAS STIHL & COMPANY DE 275
- FESTOOL DE 260