IPC Main Group
B21G 1/00 Making needles used for performing operations
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- Subclass:
- MAKING NEEDLES, PINS OR NAILS OF METAL
Related Keywords
making NEEDLE(S)
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21G 1/02 of needles with eyes, e.g. sewing-needles, sewing-awls
- B21G 1/06 of needles with hook or barb, e.g. crochet hooks
- B21G 1/08 of hollow needles or needles with hollow end, e.g. hypodermic needles, larding-needles
- B21G 1/1 equipped with locking means for the material to be drawn through, e.g. for repairing tubeless tyres
- B21G 1/12 Securing, cleaning-off burrs, reconditioning, polishing, grinding
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