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B44B 7/00

Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, (burning or charring wood stock B27M1/06)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Machines, apparatus, or hand tools for branding

CPC: Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, (burning or charring wood stock B27M1/06)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Machines, apparatus, or hand tools for branding

CPC:

Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, (burning or charring wood stock B27M1/06)

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

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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