B23C 5/1009
Ball nose end mills
Official title: {Ball nose end mills}
B23C5/1009 (Ball nose end mills) appears on 247 US grants and 222 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23C- Granted patents
- 247
- Published applications
- 222
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 424
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 20 |
| 2016 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8 |
| 2018 | 13 | 11 |
| 2019 | 9 | 15 |
| 2020 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tool and method of manufacturing tool14 Jul 2026US 12,678,869 B2Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
- Cutting tool30 Jun 2026US 12,667,887 B2AB Sandvik Coromant
- Milling tool13 Jan 2026US 12,521,803 B2ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH
- Milling bit with spherical ending for CNC milling of industrial clay14 Oct 2025US 12,440,905 B2
- Green body and cutting tool having helical superhard-material rake face20 May 2025US 12,303,987 B2Shanghai Nagoya Precision Tools Co., Ltd.
- End mill, method of producing microlens production mold, and apparatus of producing microlens production mold1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295689 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Cutting tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295690 A1Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
- Milling and/or grinding tool and turning process using a milling and/or grinding tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284757 A1
- Cutter assembly and cutting tool structure5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061504 A1Everpads Co., Ltd.
- Milling bit with spherical ending for cnc milling of industrial clay1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001149 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical instrument362US 5,759,185 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1998
- Golf club head with a variable thickness face284US 7,338,388 B2Karsten Manufacturing Corporation · 2008
- Method of manufacturing a golf club head with a variable thickness face217US 7,584,531 B2Karsten Manufacturing Corporation · 2009
- Rotary milling cutter118US 4,285,618 A1981
- Diamond or CBN fluted center cutting end mill78US 5,685,671 ASmith International, Inc. · 1997