A24D CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
Introduced: September 1968
Description
A24D covers the structural design, composition, and manufacturing processes of cigars and cigarettes, including the formulation of tobacco blends, wrapper materials, and construction methods. This classification encompasses tobacco smoke filters and mouthpieces used in smoking products, addressing their materials (such as cellulose acetate or activated carbon), design configurations, and attachment mechanisms. The subclass includes innovations in the production equipment and techniques for manufacturing filters and mouthpieces as distinct components or as integrated features of smoking articles. Related innovations in simulated smoking devices and general smokers' requisites are classified elsewhere within A24.
Additional Content IPC
Cigarette Cigarettes “cigarette” means:• a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which people smoke by igniting it directly and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is burned;• in a broader sense it also means a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which is associated with a heat source at manufacturing or inserted by the user in a device containing a heat source, and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is heated without being burned. In this broader sense, the word “rod” is also often used in place of cigarette. Simulated smoking device Simulated smoking devices “simulated smoking devices” means devices simulating the act of smoking without burning tobacco, e.g. so called electronic cigarettes
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
Child Classifications
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- A24D 3/00 Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter tips or filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces of cigars or cigarettes since 1980 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