Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42})

Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42}) · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB05C17/00
Official titleHand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42})
Display labelHand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42})
Total patents76

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20159
20163
20176
20187
20197
20207
20218
20229
20236
20245
20258
20261

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

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What is CPC B05C17/00?
CPC B05C17/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42}).”
How many patents are filed under CPC B05C17/00 (Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42}))?
Our database includes 76 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B05C17/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 5 in 2024 vs 8 in 2025 (latest complete years).