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A24C 5/00

Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes

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  • A24C 5/01 Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
  • A24C 5/08 Machines with aprons and tables for wrapping
  • A24C 5/10 Machines with wrapping rollers
  • A24C 5/12 Cutting the ends of filled and rolled cigarettes
  • A24C 5/36 Removing papers or other parts from defective cigarettes
  • A24C 5/38 Machines combined with printing devices
  • A24C 5/52 Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod
  • A24C 5/54 Folding the ends of cigarette paper tubes after filling them with tobacco

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