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B25B 7/00

Pliers; Other hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbs; Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS
Subclass:
TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Filing statistics

IPC B25B 7/00 belongs to the parent subclass B25B, which recorded 276,841 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 11,328 in 2013 to 42,037 in 2023 (+271%). The most active applicants in class B25 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (4,635 applications), FANUC (3,353 applications) and ROBERT BOSCH (2,950 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

[= gripping hand-tools]TONG(S) as gripping hand-tools

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B25B 7/12 involving special transmission means between the handles and the jaws, e.g. toggle levers, gears
  • B25B 7/18 Adjusting means for the operating arms
  • B25B 7/2 Pliers for sealing
  • B25B 7/22 Pliers provided with auxiliary tool elements, e.g. cutting edges, nail extractors

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,635
  2. FANUC JP 3,353
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,950
  4. LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,397
  5. HILTI LI 2,243
  6. FANUC 2,234
  7. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,131
  8. KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 1,940
  9. MAKITA CORPORATION 1,851
  10. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,562