Auxiliary equipment

Auxiliary equipment · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB23K20/26
Official titleAuxiliary equipment
Display labelAuxiliary equipment
Total patents482

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
201536
201629
201739
201846
201955
202043
202142
202255
202333
202449
202543
202612

Representative patents

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

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC B23K20/26?
CPC B23K20/26 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Auxiliary equipment.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B23K20/26 (Auxiliary equipment)?
Our database includes 482 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B23K20/26 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 49 in 2024 vs 43 in 2025 (latest complete years).