Making pins, nails, or the like

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

Filing statistics

IPC B21G 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B21G, which recorded 1,702 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 113 in 2013 to 140 in 2023 (+24%), peaking at 252 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B21 are JFE STEEL (2,318 applications), JFE STEEL (2,294 applications) and POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) (2,083 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

making BRADSCUTTING wire in the making of pins or nailsmaking NAIL(S)

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Child Classifications

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B21G 3/02 of pins of the kind used in the tailoring trade or the household
B21G 3/06 of nails with shoulders
B21G 3/08 of nails with head and two or more shanks or split shanks
B21G 3/1 of undulated nails or pins
B21G 3/12 Upsetting; Forming heads
B21G 3/14 Reducing diameter of parts otherwise than by rolling
B21G 3/16 Pointing, with or without cutting
B21G 3/18 by operations not restricted to one of the groups
B21G 3/32 Feeding material to be worked to nail or pin making machines

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