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B25C 5/1

Driving means

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Manually operated portable stapling tools; Hand-held power-operated stapling tools; Staple feeding devices therefor > Driving means

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS
Subclass:
HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY-OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS

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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