B23C 2220/00
Details of milling processes
B23C2220/00 (Details of milling processes) appears on 575 US grants and 671 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 671
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23C 2220/36Production of groovesIndexing code126
- B23C 2220/16ChamferringIndexing code80
- B23C 2220/60RoughingIndexing code79
- B23C 2220/48Methods of milling not otherwise provided forIndexing code69
- B23C 2220/28FinishingIndexing code60
- B23C 2220/52Orbital drilling, i.e. use of a milling cutter moved in a spiralIndexing code55
- B23C 2220/04Milling with the axis of the cutter inclined to the surface beingIndexing code52
- B23C 2220/20DeburringIndexing code48
All 17 subgroupsShow fewer
- B23C 2220/68WhirlingIndexing code48
- B23C 2220/40Details of milling processes: using guiding meansIndexing code41
- B23C 2220/56Plunge millingIndexing code33
- B23C 2220/44High speed millingIndexing code28
- B23C 2220/08Milling with the axis of the tool perpendicular to the workpiece axisIndexing code12
- B23C 2220/32Five-axisIndexing code10
- B23C 2220/64Details of milling processes: using an endmill, i.e. a shaft milling cutterIndexing code9
- B23C 2220/12Cutting off, i.e. producing multiple discrete components from a single piece ofIndexing code5
- B23C 2220/24Production of elliptical holesIndexing code3
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