B23Q 7/00

Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially

Official title: Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting (incorporated in working-spindles B23B13/00)

B23Q7/00 (Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially) appears on 2,362 US grants and 1,274 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,362
Published applications: 1,274
Assignees: 1,294
Inventors: 4,100
Latest grant: 15 Sep 2026

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B23Q 7/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	44	0
1977	35	0
1978	32	0
1979	22	0
1980	32	0
1981	32	0
1982	30	0
1983	31	0
1984	55	0
1985	65	0
1986	71	0
1987	74	0
1988	75	0
1989	74	0
1990	70	0
1991	67	0
1992	79	0
1993	54	0
1994	58	0
1995	42	0
1996	41	0
1997	36	0
1998	54	0
1999	60	0
2000	61	0
2001	62	12
2002	42	69
2003	55	54
2004	43	55
2005	35	52
2006	42	29
2007	26	21
2008	23	37
2009	17	33
2010	20	39
2011	13	23
2012	24	19
2013	23	42
2014	37	52
2015	42	56
2016	47	53
2017	44	77
2018	51	82
2019	84	70
2020	61	65
2021	53	61
2022	42	73
2023	37	61
2024	58	65
2025	51	38
2026	36	36

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