IPC Main Group
B23D 73/00 Making files or rasps
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Additional Content
Sharpening saw teeth thereby
Related Keywords
making FILE(S)making RASP(S)
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B23D 73/02 Preliminary treatment of blanks, e.g. grinding, polishing, specially adapted for the manufacture of files or rasps
- B23D 73/04 Methods or machines for the manufacture of files or rasps
- B23D 73/14 Tools or accessories specially adapted for making files or rasps, e.g. chisels, supporting-frames
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