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B02C 1/00

Crushing or disintegrating by reciprocating members

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
Subclass:
CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN

Filing statistics

IPC B02C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B02C, which recorded 331,720 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 8,540 in 2013 to 45,161 in 2023 (+429%), peaking at 56,578 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B02 are SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (503 applications), THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS (498 applications) and THYSSEN KRUPP (382 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SE 503
  2. THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS DE 498
  3. THYSSEN KRUPP DE 382
  4. ZHEJIANG ZHE KUANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY 239
  5. FLSMIDTH DK 239
  6. ZAOZHUANG SNKSAN INTELLIGENT MACHINERY COMPANY 230
  7. KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 202
  8. METSO MINERALS FI 195
  9. BUEHLER CH 189
  10. ISEKI & CO 186