IPC Main Group
B23C 1/00 Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- MILLING
Related Keywords
milling machines for PROFILING
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- B23C 1/02 with one horizontal working-spindle
- B23C 1/04 with a plurality of horizontal working-spindles
- B23C 1/06 with one vertical working-spindle
- B23C 1/08 with a plurality of vertical working-spindles
- B23C 1/1 with both horizontal and vertical working-spindles
- B23C 1/12 with spindle adjustable to different angles, e.g. either horizontally or vertically
- B23C 1/14 with rotary work-carrying table
- B23C 1/16 specially designed for control by copying devices
- B23C 1/2 Portable devices or machines; Hand-driven devices or machines
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