PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS

Description

A44C covers personal adornments worn on the body for decoration or ornamentation, including jewelry articles such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, brooches, and similar items, as well as coins and medals. This subclass encompasses the design, construction, and fastening mechanisms of ornamental pieces, including methods for making, assembling, and joining decorative components. It includes both precious and non-precious adornments, but excludes functional items like watches or timepieces (covered under A44B) and clothing-integrated elements such as buttons or closures.

14 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A44C 1/00 Brooches or clips in their decorative or ornamental aspect
A44C 11/00 Watch chains; Ornamental chains
A44C 13/00 Connectible jewellery
A44C 15/00 Other forms of jewellery
A44C 17/00 Gems or the like
A44C 19/00 Devices for preventing pilfering of watches or jewellery
A44C 21/00 Coins (coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms G07F1/06); Emergency money; Beer or gambling coins or tokens, or the like
A44C 23/00 Rosaries
A44C 25/00 Miscellaneous fancy ware for personal wear, e.g. crosses, crucifixes, charms
A44C 27/00 Making jewellery or other personal adornments
A44C 3/00 Medals; Badges
A44C 5/00 Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
A44C 7/00 Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes
A44C 9/00 Finger-rings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A44, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 1,555
YOSHIDA KOGYO 888
THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 358
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 314
APPLE US 234
OMEGA CH 216
GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 189
APLIX FR 176
FIDLOCK DE 149
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 145