What is CPC B23B45/008?

CPC B23B45/008 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment.”

How many patents are filed under CPC B23B45/008 (Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment)?

Our database includes 174 publications tagged with this CPC code.

Publication counts under this code: 24 in 2024 vs 17 in 2025 (latest complete years).

Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
Metric	Value
CPC code	B23B45/008
Official title	{Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment}
Display label	Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment
Total patents	174

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

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

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

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What is CPC B23B45/008?: CPC B23B45/008 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B23B45/008 (Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment)?: Our database includes 174 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B23B45/008 growing?: Publication counts under this code: 24 in 2024 vs 17 in 2025 (latest complete years).