IPC Main Group
B26D 3/00 Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- Subclass:
- CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
Filing statistics
IPC B26D 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B26D, which recorded 242,964 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 6,483 in 2013 to 35,887 in 2023 (+454%), peaking at 37,955 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B26 are GILLETTE COMPANY (1,650 applications), PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (1,359 applications) and BIC-VIOLEX (618 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
apparatus for slicing BREADcutting or slicing FRUITSLICING
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B26D 3/02 Bevelling
- B26D 3/06 Grooving involving removal of material from the surface of the work
- B26D 3/08 Making a superficial cut in the surface of the work without removal of material, e.g. scoring, incising
- B26D 3/1 Making cuts of other than simple rectilinear form
- B26D 3/12 Slitting marginal portions of the work, i.e. forming cuts, without removal of material, at an angle, e.g. a right angle, to the edge of the work
- B26D 3/14 Forming notches in marginal portion of work by cutting
- B26D 3/16 Cutting rods or tubes transversely
- B26D 3/18 to obtain cubes or the like
- B26D 3/24 to obtain segments other than slices, e.g. cutting pies
- B26D 3/28 Splitting layers from work; Mutually separating layers by cutting
- B26D 3/3 Halving devices, e.g. for halving buns
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