IPC Subgroup
B26B 19/42 providing for straightening the hair to be cut, e.g. by means of bristles; providing for tensioning the skin, e.g. by means of rollers, ledges
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers > Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips or guards > providing for straightening the hair to be cut, e.g. by means of bristles; providing for tensioning the skin, e.g. by means of rollers, ledges
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- Subclass:
- HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B26, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,650
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,359
- BIC-VIOLEX GR 618
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 373
- BRAUN DE 311
- DORCO COMPANY KR 298
- WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 278
- GILLETTE COMPANY 277
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 255
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 241