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B27M 3/00

Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles (features of copying devices B23Q; manufacture of plywood or veneer, shaping plywood or veneer into articles B27D; of central layers for plywood B27D1/06; nailing or stapling machines in general B27F7/00; of elements for cooperage or wheel making B27H )

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles

CPC: Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles (features of copying devices B23Q; manufacture of plywood or veneer, shaping plywood or veneer into articles B27D; of central layers for plywood B27D1/06; nailing or stapling machines in general B27F7/00; of elements for cooperage or wheel making B27H )

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles

CPC:

Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles (features of copying devices B23Q; manufacture of plywood or veneer, shaping plywood or veneer into articles B27D; of central layers for plywood B27D1/06; nailing or stapling machines in general B27F7/00; of elements for cooperage or wheel making B27H )

Of 20 combined children, 17 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B27M 3/0006 CPC only CPC only
  • B27M 3/0093 CPC only CPC only
  • B27M 3/02 of roofing elements, e.g. shingles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/08 of specially shaped wood laths or strips IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/10 of airscrew blades IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/12 of railings, stairs, stair stringers, ladders, or parts thereof IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/14 of railroad sleepers IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/16 of tool handles or tools, e.g. mallets IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/18 of furniture IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/20 of lasts; of shoes, e.g. sabots; of parts of shoes, e.g. heels IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/22 of sport articles, e.g. bowling pins, frames of tennis rackets, skis, paddles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/24 of household utensils, e.g. spoons, clothes hangers, clothes pegs IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/26 of smokers utensils, e.g. pipes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/28 of dowels or bolts IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/30 of bobbins IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/32 of tapered poles, e.g. mine props IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B27M 3/38 of walking sticks or of sticks for umbrellas IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 960
  2. ROBERT BOSCH DE 762
  3. HOMAG DE 384
  4. HARBIN ARTS AND CRAFTS COMPANY 350
  5. NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 343
  6. SWISS KRONO TEC CH 304
  7. MAKITA CORPORATION 298
  8. DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 296
  9. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 287
  10. HUSQVARNA SE 282

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B27,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROBERT BOSCH DE 868
  2. NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 463
  3. HOMAG DE 437
  4. HUSQVARNA SE 360
  5. SWISS KRONO TEC CH 350
  6. MAKITA CORPORATION JP 319
  7. DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 312
  8. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 306
  9. ANDREAS STIHL & COMPANY DE 275
  10. FESTOOL DE 260