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

Filing statistics

IPC B23C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B23C, which recorded 50,049 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 3,150 in 2013 to 4,764 in 2023 (+51%), peaking at 6,658 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

milling machines for PROFILING

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Child Classifications

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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