IPC Main Group
B24C 1/00 Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- GRINDING; POLISHING
- Subclass:
- ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
Related Keywords
PERFORATING by sand-blasting
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B24C 1/02 for sharpening or cleaning cutting tools, e.g. files
- B24C 1/04 for treating only selected parts of a surface, e.g. for carving stone or glass
- B24C 1/06 for producing matt surfaces, e.g. on plastic materials, on glass
- B24C 1/08 for polishing surfaces, e.g. by making use of liquid-borne abrasives
- B24C 1/1 for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 3,084
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 1,570
- EBARA CORPORATION JP 1,393
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 1,368
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,270
- EBARA CORPORATION 1,016
- FUJIMI JP 829
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 804
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 803
- SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES US 781