DIFF Main Group
A41B 11/00 Hosiery; Panti-hose (elastic stockings for curative purposes A61F13/08)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Hosiery; Panti-hose; Body-stockings
CPC: Hosiery; Panti-hose (elastic stockings for curative purposes A61F13/08)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Hosiery; Panti-hose; Body-stockings
CPC:
Hosiery; Panti-hose (elastic stockings for curative purposes A61F13/08)
CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 8 additional codes.
8 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A41B 11/12 Means at the upper end to keep the stockings up (A41B11/04 takes precedence; stocking suspenders A41F11/00) since 1974 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NIKE US 840
- NIKE INNOVATE US 719
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 444
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 351
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 287
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 257
- JIANGXI INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY 248
- ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY 235
- GUANGDONG COSMO-LADY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 219
- GUNZE 218
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class A41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NIKE US 986
- NIKE INNOVATE US 935
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 660
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 294
- NIKE INNOVATE 268
- 耐克创新有限合伙公司 200
- ANSELL AU 191
- NIKE INNOVATE NL 191
- ADIDAS DE 174
- KANEKA CORPORATION JP 172