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B27M 3/00

Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
Subclass:
WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES

Filing statistics

IPC B27M 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass B27M, which recorded 17,572 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 764 in 2013 to 1,531 in 2023 (+100%), peaking at 2,519 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B27 are NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY (960 applications), ROBERT BOSCH (762 applications) and HOMAG (384 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

17 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B27M 3/02 of roofing elements, e.g. shingles
  • B27M 3/08 of specially-shaped wood laths or strips
  • B27M 3/1 of airscrew blades
  • B27M 3/12 of railings, stairs, stair stringers, ladders, or parts thereof
  • B27M 3/14 of railroad sleepers
  • B27M 3/16 of tool handles or tools, e.g. mallets
  • B27M 3/18 of furniture
  • B27M 3/2 of lasts; of shoes, e.g. sabots; of parts of shoes, e.g. heels
  • B27M 3/22 of sport articles, e.g. bowling pins, frames of tennis rackets, skis, paddles
  • B27M 3/24 of household utensils, e.g. spoons, clothes hangers, clothes pegs
  • B27M 3/26 of smokers utensils, e.g. pipes
  • B27M 3/28 of dowels or bolts
  • B27M 3/3 of bobbins
  • B27M 3/32 of tapered poles, e.g. mine props
  • B27M 3/38 of walking sticks or of sticks for umbrellas

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B27, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 960
  2. ROBERT BOSCH DE 762
  3. HOMAG DE 384
  4. HARBIN ARTS AND CRAFTS COMPANY 350
  5. NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 343
  6. SWISS KRONO TEC CH 304
  7. MAKITA CORPORATION 298
  8. DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 296
  9. VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 287
  10. HUSQVARNA SE 282