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A24B 3/00

Preparing tobacco in the factory

Introduced: September 1968

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 10 subcodes exist in both systems.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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  • A24B 3/02 Humidifying packed raw tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/04 Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/06 Loosening tobacco leaves or cut tobacco (A24B3/07 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/07 Cutting or removing tie leaves; Cutting-off stem butts IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/08 Blending tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/10 Roasting or cooling tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/12 Steaming, curing, or flavouring tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/14 Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering A24C1/40) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • A24B 3/16 Classifying or aligning leaves IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,201
  2. NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,482
  3. KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,818
  4. JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,636
  5. JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,806
  6. CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 2,490
  7. CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 2,453
  8. CHINA TOBACCO HUBEI INDUSTRIAL 2,344
  9. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,199
  10. SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,097

Top Applicants (CPC)

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