• All sections
  • B - Performing operations; transporting
  • B21B - Rolling of metal
  • B21B 1/22 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession 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: 647

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
JFE Steel Corporation
6067
90
Nippon Steel Corporation
5649
47
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
924
31
Novelis Inc.
656
26
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
413
17
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
832
14
SMS Group GmbH
1029
14
POSCO
2222
13
UACJ Corporation
631
13
Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
479
12
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
401
11
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
2175
10
ArcelorMittal
1887
10
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
1990
9
Outokumpu Oyj
250
9
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
3891
8
Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., Ltd.
135
7
POSCO Co., Ltd.
1059
7
Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV
143
7
NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation
254
7
Other owners 285