IPC Main Group
B29C 59/00 Surface shaping, e.g. embossing; Apparatus therefor
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
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
Related Keywords
EMBOSSING plastics or substances in a plastic state in generalSHAPING of surfaces of plastics or of substances in a plastic state in general
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B29C 59/02 by mechanical means, e.g. pressing
- B29C 59/08 by flame treatment
- B29C 59/1 by electric discharge treatment
- B29C 59/14 by plasma treatment
- B29C 59/16 by wave energy or particle radiation
- B29C 59/18 by liberation of internal stresses, e.g. plastic memory
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