DIFF Main Group
A24C 5/00 Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
Introduced: September 1968
Of 20 combined children, 18 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A24C 5/01 Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/14 Machines of the continuous-rod type (tobacco feeding devices A24C5/39) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/32 Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes (in relation to packaging B65B19/00); Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/35 Adaptations of conveying apparatus for transporting cigarettes from making machine to packaging machine IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/39 Tobacco feeding devices (regulating feed according to rod or cigarette condition A24C5/34) +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/46 Making paper tubes for cigarettes (making paper tubes in general B31C) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/47 Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces (A24C5/52 takes precedence) since 1980 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/52 Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/54 Folding the ends of cigarette paper tubes after filling them with tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/56 Making tipping materials, e.g. sheet cork for mouthpieces of cigars or cigarettes, by mechanical means +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A24C 5/60 Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A24,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,201
- NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,482
- KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,818
- JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,636
- JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,806
- CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 2,490
- CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 2,453
- CHINA TOBACCO HUBEI INDUSTRIAL 2,344
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,199
- SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,097
Top Applicants (CPC)
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