SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A24F covers devices, accessories, and products directly related to smoking and tobacco consumption, excluding the tobacco products themselves. This includes cigarette holders, cigar cases, pipes, lighters, ashtrays, and related smoking paraphernalia, as well as match boxes and match-striking devices. The subclass also encompasses simulated smoking devices and electronic alternatives designed to replicate the smoking experience without traditional tobacco combustion. Related tobacco products and their manufacture are classified separately under A24B-A24D.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES

CPC: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES

CPC:

SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

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

Limiting references

Inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes

Of 20 combined children, 19 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A24F 1/00 Tobacco pipes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 11/00 Seasoning of tobacco pipes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 13/00 Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 15/00 Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor (adaptations for use in vehicles B60N3/12; packages specially adapted for cigarettes B65D85/10) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 17/00 Receptacles for cigarette papers IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 19/00 Ash-trays (arrangements in vehicle passenger accommodation B60N3/08) +12 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 21/00 Stands for smokers' requisites IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 23/00 Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 25/00 Devices used by the smoker for controlling the moisture content of, or for scenting, cigars, cigarettes or tobacco IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 27/00 Match receptacles or boxes (composition of strike-surfaces, matches C06F) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 2700/00 Tobacco pipes; Bad-covers or accessories for smokers' pipes 2nd only +4 CPC CPC only CPC only
A24F 29/00 Devices for igniting matches; Holders for ignited matches IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 3/00 Tobacco pipes combined with other objects (smoking appliances on walking sticks or canes A45B3/16) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 31/00 Pipe-spills; Devices for splitting matches IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 40/00 Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 42/00 Simulated smoking devices other than electrically operated; Component parts thereof; Manufacture or testing thereof since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 47/00 Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 5/00 Bowls for pipes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 7/00 Mouthpieces for pipes; Mouthpieces for cigar or cigarette holders IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A24F 9/00 Accessories for smokers' pipes 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