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B44B

MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING (processes for producing decorative effects B44C; embossing leather C14B)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

B44B covers mechanized and powered equipment designed to perform decorative and artistic operations on materials, including sculpturing, guilloching (ornamental line engraving), carving, branding, and inlaying. The subclass encompasses both specialized machines and hand-operated or power-assisted tools that automate or facilitate precise artistic work on wood, metal, stone, leather, and similar materials. This classification excludes general-purpose machine tools (covered under B23-B24) and addresses devices specifically engineered for aesthetic rather than purely functional manufacturing purposes.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING OR INLAYING

CPC: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING (processes for producing decorative effects B44C; embossing leather C14B)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING OR INLAYING

CPC:

MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING (processes for producing decorative effects B44C; embossing leather C14B)

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Glossary

Decorative arts Crafts or arts providing an object with an effect or mark meant to be judged by the eye. Such crafts or arts may comprise, for example, sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching, embossing, branding and inlaying. Artistic work Work performed by craftsmen or artists to provide an object with an effect or mark meant to be judged by the eye. Artistic work may comprise techniques such as sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching, embossing, branding and inlaying.

Limiting references

Working or processing of sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without essentially removing material Marking or engraving machining specially adapted for treating particular metal objects or for obtaining special effects or results on metal objects by the action of a high concentration of electric current Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model Surface shaping of plastics or of substances in a plastic state by mechanical means, e.g. embossing; apparatus therefor Embossing of paper or cardboard without removing material including combined deformation and laminating Processes for the manufacture or reproduction of printing surfaces; engraving Processes for the manufacture or reproduction of printing surfaces by embossing, e.g. with a typewriter Printing machines or presses; apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with embossing Typewriters; selective printing mechanisms for embossing Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for offset or intaglio stamping Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for relief stamping Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for deforming or punching the copy matter Machines for ornamenting, producing designs, embossing of leather surfaces Mechanical treatment for finishing; producing designs or patterns Hand tools specially adapted for the treatment of hides, skins or leather Photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices; apparatus specially adapted therefor; exposure

Of 7 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B44B 9/00 Machines or apparatus for inlaying with ornamental structures, e.g. tarsia or mosaic work (uniting ornamental elements, on a support B44C1/28, to structures B44C3/12; imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 248
  2. UNILIN BE 248
  3. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 244
  4. FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 196
  5. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 188
  6. XINXIANG UNIVERSITY 174
  7. AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 171
  8. LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 169
  9. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 163
  10. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 149

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 316
  2. FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 291
  3. UNILIN BE 269
  4. FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 225
  5. LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 208
  6. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 195
  7. AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 187
  8. SICPA HOLDING CH 169
  9. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 144
  10. HUECK RHEINISCHE DE 138