B23Q
Details, components, or accessories for machine tools
Official title: Details, components, or accessories for machine tools, e.g. arrangements for copying or controlling (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines b23b27/00); machine tools in general characterised by the construction of particular details or components; combinations or associations of metal-working machines, not directed to a particular result
B23Q (Details, components, or accessories for machine tools) appears on 21,100 US grants and 13,953 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
- 21,100
- Published applications
- 13,953
- Assignees
- 6,792
- Inventors
- 32,203
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 317 | 0 |
| 1977 | 310 | 0 |
| 1978 | 309 | 0 |
| 1979 | 219 | 0 |
| 1980 | 279 | 0 |
| 1981 | 273 | 0 |
| 1982 | 247 | 0 |
| 1983 | 249 | 0 |
| 1984 | 327 | 0 |
| 1985 | 446 | 0 |
| 1986 | 492 | 0 |
| 1987 | 526 | 0 |
| 1988 | 433 | 0 |
| 1989 | 526 | 0 |
| 1990 | 451 | 0 |
| 1991 | 501 | 0 |
| 1992 | 537 | 0 |
| 1993 | 464 | 0 |
| 1994 | 475 | 0 |
| 1995 | 367 | 0 |
| 1996 | 373 | 0 |
| 1997 | 369 | 0 |
| 1998 | 418 | 0 |
| 1999 | 462 | 0 |
| 2000 | 449 | 0 |
| 2001 | 447 | 146 |
| 2002 | 409 | 455 |
| 2003 | 457 | 466 |
| 2004 | 408 | 564 |
| 2005 | 325 | 471 |
| 2006 | 371 | 402 |
| 2007 | 332 | 339 |
| 2008 | 263 | 375 |
| 2009 | 201 | 401 |
| 2010 | 216 | 467 |
| 2011 | 275 | 376 |
| 2012 | 268 | 382 |
| 2013 | 339 | 558 |
| 2014 | 370 | 603 |
| 2015 | 467 | 623 |
| 2016 | 514 | 617 |
| 2017 | 536 | 627 |
| 2018 | 583 | 811 |
| 2019 | 738 | 816 |
| 2020 | 685 | 822 |
| 2021 | 565 | 717 |
| 2022 | 567 | 636 |
| 2023 | 479 | 699 |
| 2024 | 551 | 658 |
| 2025 | 537 | 516 |
| 2026 | 378 | 406 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B23Q 1/00Members which are comprised in the general build-up of a form of5,953
- B23Q 11/00Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the4,774
- B23Q 3/00Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally4,491
- B23Q 17/00Arrangements for observing, indicating or measuring on machine tools3,011
- B23Q 7/00Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially2,362
- B23Q 5/00Driving or feeding mechanisms2,230
- B23Q 16/00Equipment for precise positioning of tool or work into particular locations not1,233
- B23Q 15/00Automatic control or regulation of feed movement, cutting velocity or position of1,181
All 30 main groupsShow fewer
- B23Q 9/00Arrangements for supporting or guiding portable metal-working machines or apparatus1,042
- B23Q 39/00Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a837
- B23Q 35/00Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a762
- B23Q 2220/00Machine tool componentsIndexing code409
- B23Q 37/00Metal-working machines, or constructional combinations thereof, built-up from units designed so that268
- B23Q 41/00Combinations or associations of metal-working machines not directed to a particular result204
- B23Q 2230/00Special operations in a machine toolIndexing code164
- B23Q 2210/00Machine tools incorporating a specific componentIndexing code151
- B23Q 2717/00Arrangements for indicating or measuringIndexing code136
- B23Q 2703/00Work clampingIndexing code115
- B23Q 2240/00Machine tools specially suited for a specific kind of workpieceIndexing code107
- B23Q 27/00Geometrical mechanisms for the production of work of particular shapes, not fully103
- B23Q 13/00Equipment for use with tools or cutters when not in operation66
- B23Q 2705/00Driving working spindles or feeding members carrying tools or workIndexing code51
- B23Q 23/00Arrangements for compensating for irregularities or wear35
- B23Q 2707/00Automatic supply or removal of metal workpiecesIndexing code30
- B23Q 2716/00Equipment for precise positioning of tool or work into particular locationsIndexing code22
- B23Q 33/00Methods for copying21
- B23Q 2735/00Control systems or devices for copying from a pattern or master modelIndexing code13
- B23Q 2701/00Members which are comprised in the general build-up of a form ofIndexing code10
- B23Q 2727/00Lathes or mechanisms for making work with a non-circular section without aIndexing code2
- B23Q 2709/00Portable machines or devices for the cylindrical bores of valve bodiesIndexing code1
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