IPC Main Group
B28D 1/00 Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete, not provided for elsewhere; Machines, devices, tools therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
- Subclass:
- WORKING STONE OR STONE-LIKE MATERIALS
Related Keywords
working BRICKSCHANNELLING stoneworking CONCRETEworking STONE(S)WORKING brickWORKING concrete
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B28D 1/02 by sawing
- B28D 1/14 by boring or drilling
- B28D 1/16 by turning
- B28D 1/18 by milling, e.g. channelling by means of milling tools
- B28D 1/2 by planing, e.g. channeling by means of planing tools
- B28D 1/22 by cutting, e.g. incising
- B28D 1/26 by impact tools, e.g. by chisels or other tools having a cutting edge
- B28D 1/3 to form contours, i.e. curved surfaces, irrespective of the method of working used
- B28D 1/32 Methods or apparatus specially adapted for working materials which can easily be split, e.g. mica, slate, schist
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B28, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MITSUBOSHI DIAMOND INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 868
- QINGDAO GAOCE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 678
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 500
- ZHOU ZHAODI 500
- MITSUBOSHI DIAMOND INDUSTRIAL COMPANY JP 456
- HILTI LI 455
- CORNING US 407
- UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY US 375
- ZHENGZHOU YUAN DONG REFRACTORIES COMPANY 370
- HUNAN SANY KUAIERJU RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRY COMPANY 351