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G02C 3/00

Special supporting arrangements for lens assemblies or monocles (lenses therefor G02C7/00; by walking-sticks A45B3/00)

Filing statistics

CPC G02C 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass G02C, which recorded 46,184 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 3,772 in 2013 to 3,295 in 2023 (-13%), peaking at 4,727 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class G02 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (14,409 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (14,236 applications) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (11,826 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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  • G02C 3/003
  • G02C 3/006
  • G02C 3/02 Arrangements for supporting by headgear
  • G02C 3/04 Arrangements for supporting by hand, e.g. lorgnette, Arrangements for supporting by articles (by walking-sticks A45B3/00)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 14,409
  2. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 14,236
  3. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 11,826
  4. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,141
  5. FUJIFILM JP 8,506
  6. LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 7,558
  7. NITTO DENKO CORPORATION JP 6,306
  8. OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 5,336
  9. SONY CORPORATION JP 5,097
  10. CANON JP 4,814