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- B - Performing operationstransporting
- B21B - Rolling of metal
- B21B 1/46 - 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 metal immediately subsequent to continuous casting
Patent holdings for IPC class B21B 1/46
Total number of patents in this class: 465
10-year publication summary
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33
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21
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44
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31
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23
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27
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24
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24
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27
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14
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. | 705 |
45 |
| SMS Group GmbH | 1108 |
44 |
| POSCO | 2188 |
31 |
| Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH | 524 |
28 |
| SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | 507 |
21 |
| Nippon Steel Corporation | 6139 |
17 |
| Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH | 223 |
12 |
| Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 950 |
12 |
| Novelis Inc. | 732 |
11 |
| Nucor Corporation | 414 |
10 |
| Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH | 198 |
8 |
| Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. | 83 |
8 |
| POSCO Co., Ltd. | 1381 |
7 |
| BlueScope Steel Limited | 212 |
6 |
| IHI Corporation | 3402 |
6 |
| SMS Demag AG | 117 |
6 |
| Nanjing Iron&Steel Co.,Ltd. | 161 |
6 |
| Institute of Research of Iron & Steel, Jiangsu Province/sha-steel, Co., Ltd. | 30 |
6 |
| Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. | 57 |
5 |
| Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH | 158 |
5 |
| Other owners | 171 |