IPC Main Group
B21B 31/00 Rolling stand structures; Mounting, adjusting, or interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- Subclass:
- ROLLING OF METAL
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21B 31/02 Rolling stand frames; Roll mountings
- B21B 31/07 Adaptation of roll bearings
- B21B 31/08 Interchanging rolls, roll mountings, or stand frames
- B21B 31/16 Adjusting rolls
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL 2,318
- JFE STEEL JP 2,294
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 2,083
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 1,650
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,631
- SMS GROUP DE 1,472
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 1,181
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,079
- ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE 984
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 980