IPC Subgroup
B29C 48/395 using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders
Introduced: January 2019
Full Title
Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor > Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations > Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it through the nozzle or die > using screws surrounded by a cooperating barrel, e.g. single screw extruders
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
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B29C 48/4 using two or more parallel screws, e.g. twin screw extruders
- B29C 48/445 Coaxially arranged screws, i.e. one within the other
- B29C 48/45 Axially movable screws
- B29C 48/455 Screws arranged to convey material towards each other, e.g. separate screws arranged after each other and feeding in opposite directions
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