B23C 2235/00
Details of milling keys
B23C2235/00 (Details of milling keys) appears on 119 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23C- Granted patents
- 119
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 125
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23C 2235/41Scanning systemsIndexing code61
- B23C 2235/12Details of milling keys: using a database to store details of theIndexing code56
- B23C 2235/28Key blanksIndexing code38
- B23C 2235/32Measurement systemsIndexing code24
- B23C 2235/24Electronic sensorsIndexing code17
- B23C 2235/08BrushesIndexing code16
- B23C 2235/48Tracers, probes or styliIndexing code14
- B23C 2235/36Ring keysIndexing code7
Recent patents
- Apparatus for determining the roll, pitch and yaw of a key blank25 Aug 2026US 12,715,055 B2Iconx International Limited
- Systems and methods for creating duplicate keys15 Apr 2025US 12,276,494 B2iKeyless, LLC
- Key duplication system with key blank orientation detection features29 Oct 2024US 12,128,486 B2The Hillman Group, Inc.
- Workpiece and cutter pose calibration method based on robotic edge milling error tracking22 Oct 2024US 12,122,009 B2Hunan University
- Systems and methods for creating duplicate keys23 Jul 2024US 12,044,522 B2iKeyless, LLC
- Method and system for identification of key blank part numbers31 Jul 2025US 2025/0242420 A1CLK Supplies, LLC
- Apparatus for determining the roll, pitch and yaw of a key blank17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342809 A1Iconx International Limited
- Digital key backup10 Oct 2024US 2024/0340277 A1
- Workpiece and cutter pose calibration method based on robotic edge milling error tracking26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316716 A1Hunan University
- Systems and methods for creating duplicate keys15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271929 A1iKeyless, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Key measurement apparatus and method88US 6,406,227 B1Machine Magic, LLC · 2002
- Key duplication apparatus and method84US 5,908,273 AMachine Magic, LLC · 1999
- Key duplication apparatus and method78US 6,152,662 AMachine Magic, LLC · 2000
- Key manufacturing method68US 6,647,308 B12003
- Key cutting machine with key tracing and electronic code cutting duplication modes67US 5,676,504 AAxxess Technologies, Inc. · 1997