for treating separate articles

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Apparatus in which the work is brought into contact with a bulk quantity of liquid or other fluent material > the work being immersed in the liquid or other fluent material > for treating separate articles

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
Subclass:: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B05C 3/1 the articles being moved through the liquid or other fluent material
B05C 3/109 Passing liquids or other fluent materials into or through chambers containing stationary articles

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

DUERR SYSTEMS DE 1,073
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 941
TOKYO ELECTRON JP 825
YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 780
APTAR FRANCE FR 723
NORDSON CORPORATION US 704
LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 606
GRACO MINNESOTA US 604
SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 592
BOEING COMPANY US 516