Tool holders for a single cutting tool

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Holders for non-rotary cutting tools; Boring bars or boring heads; Accessories for tool holders > Tool holders for a single cutting tool

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: TURNING; BORING

Filing statistics

IPC B23B 29/04 belongs to the parent subclass B23B, which recorded 180,015 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,228 in 2013 to 19,259 in 2023 (+88%), peaking at 25,132 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B23 are ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) (3,407 applications), FANUC (3,120 applications) and DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM (2,777 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B23B 29/06 Tool holders equipped with longitudinally- arranged grooves for setting the cutting tool
B23B 29/08 Tool holders equipped with grooves arranged crosswise to the longitudinal direction for setting the cutting tool
B23B 29/12 Special arrangements on tool holders

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
FANUC JP 3,120
DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
FANUC 2,273
DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
ISCAR IL 1,499