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A24B 3/00

Preparing tobacco in the factory

Filing statistics

CPC A24B 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass A24B, which recorded 37,306 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,444 in 2013 to 2,973 in 2023 (+106%), peaking at 4,533 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class A24 are PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS (13,994 applications), NICOVENTURES TRADING (7,744 applications) and KT & G CORPORATION (4,857 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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  • A24B 3/02 Humidifying packed raw tobacco
  • A24B 3/04 Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence)
  • A24B 3/06 Loosening tobacco leaves or cut tobacco (A24B3/07 takes precedence)
  • A24B 3/07 Cutting or removing tie leaves; Cutting-off stem butts
  • A24B 3/08 Blending tobacco
  • A24B 3/10 Roasting or cooling tobacco
  • A24B 3/12 Steaming, curing, or flavouring tobacco
  • A24B 3/14 Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering A24C1/40)
  • A24B 3/16 Classifying or aligning leaves

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,994
  2. NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,744
  3. KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,857
  4. JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,561
  5. JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,946
  6. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,374
  7. ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES US 2,122
  8. RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS US 2,061
  9. NICOVENTURES TRADING 1,940
  10. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS 1,855