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H05C 1/00

Circuits or apparatus for generating electric shock effects

Filing statistics

CPC H05C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass H05C, which recorded 530 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 32 in 2013 to 25 in 2023 (-22%), peaking at 97 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class H05 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (9,981 applications), SAMSUNG DISPLAY (5,041 applications) and LG ELECTRONICS (4,742 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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  • H05C 1/02 providing continuous feeding of DC or AC voltage

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
  2. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
  4. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
  5. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
  6. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
  8. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
  9. FUJI JP 2,987
  10. SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907