IPC Main Group
B23B 43/00 Boring or drilling devices able to be attached to a machine tool, whether or not replacing an operative portion of the machine tool
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- TURNING; BORING
Filing statistics
IPC B23B 43/00 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
Related Keywords
boring or drilling devices for attachment to MACHINE(S) tools
1 direct subcode
Child Classifications
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- B23B 43/02 to the tailstock of a lathe
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