CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
A24F SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
Description
A24F covers devices, accessories, and products directly related to smoking and tobacco consumption, excluding the tobacco products themselves. This includes cigarette holders, cigar cases, pipes, lighters, ashtrays, and related smoking paraphernalia, as well as match boxes and match-striking devices. The subclass also encompasses simulated smoking devices and electronic alternatives designed to replicate the smoking experience without traditional tobacco combustion. Related tobacco products and their manufacture are classified separately under A24B-A24D.
20 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A24F 1/00 Tobacco pipes
- A24F 11/00 Seasoning of tobacco pipes
- A24F 13/00 Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes
- A24F 15/00 Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor (adaptations for use in vehicles B60N3/12; packages specially adapted for cigarettes B65D85/10)
- A24F 17/00 Receptacles for cigarette papers
- A24F 19/00 Ash-trays (arrangements in vehicle passenger accommodation B60N3/08)
- A24F 21/00 Stands for smokers' requisites
- A24F 23/00 Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco
- A24F 25/00 Devices used by the smoker for controlling the moisture content of, or for scenting, cigars, cigarettes or tobacco
- A24F 27/00 Match receptacles or boxes (composition of strike-surfaces, matches C06F)
- A24F 2700/00 Tobacco pipes; Bad-covers or accessories for smokers' pipes
- A24F 29/00 Devices for igniting matches; Holders for ignited matches
- A24F 3/00 Tobacco pipes combined with other objects (smoking appliances on walking sticks or canes A45B3/16)
- A24F 31/00 Pipe-spills; Devices for splitting matches
- A24F 40/00 Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
- A24F 42/00 Simulated smoking devices other than electrically operated; Component parts thereof; Manufacture or testing thereof
- A24F 47/00 Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for
- A24F 5/00 Bowls for pipes
- A24F 7/00 Mouthpieces for pipes; Mouthpieces for cigar or cigarette holders
- A24F 9/00 Accessories for smokers' pipes
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,994
- NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,744
- KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,857
- JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,561
- JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,946
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,374
- ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES US 2,122
- RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS US 2,061
- NICOVENTURES TRADING 1,940
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS 1,855