IPC Subgroup
B29C 44/5 using pressure difference, e.g. by extrusion or by spraying
Introduced: January 1995
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Shaping by internal pressure generated in the material, e.g. swelling or foaming > Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations > Feeding the material to be shaped > into an open space or onto moving surfaces, i.e. to make articles of indefinite length > using pressure difference, e.g. by extrusion or by spraying
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
1 direct subcode
Child Classifications
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- B29C 44/52 between moving surfaces
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B29, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 3,802
- BOEING COMPANY US 3,087
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 2,315
- SUMITOMO RUBBER IND 1,784
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,663
- CANON 1,658
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 1,587
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,555
- BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 1,470
- LG CHEM KR 1,415