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A24C 5/356

Emptying the boats into the hopper of the packaging machine (hopper construction B65B19/04)

Full Title

Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes > Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine > using containers, i.e. boats > Emptying the boats into the hopper of the packaging machine (hopper construction B65B19/04)

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