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  • B - Performing operationstransporting
  • B21B - Rolling of metal
  • B21B 1/22 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling bands or sheets of indefinite length

Patent holdings for IPC class B21B 1/22

Total number of patents in this class: 720

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
JFE Steel Corporation
6816
106
Nippon Steel Corporation
6207
51
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
954
35
Novelis Inc.
744
28
SMS Group GmbH
1118
24
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
959
18
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
420
18
UACJ Corporation
691
14
POSCO
2186
13
Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
531
12
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
4073
11
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
394
11
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
1985
10
ArcelorMittal
2272
10
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
1988
9
Outokumpu Oyj
261
9
POSCO Co., Ltd.
1559
9
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
2876
8
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
126
7
Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV
151
7
Other owners 310