PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A44C covers personal adornments worn on the body for decoration or ornamentation, including jewelry articles such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, brooches, and similar items, as well as coins and medals. This subclass encompasses the design, construction, and fastening mechanisms of ornamental pieces, including methods for making, assembling, and joining decorative components. It includes both precious and non-precious adornments, but excludes functional items like watches or timepieces (covered under A44B) and clothing-integrated elements such as buttons or closures.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 14 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A44C 1/00 Brooches or clips in their decorative or ornamental aspect IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 11/00 Watch chains; Ornamental chains +3 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 13/00 Connectible jewellery IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 15/00 Other forms of jewellery +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 17/00 Gems or the like +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 19/00 Devices for preventing pilfering of watches or jewellery IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 21/00 Coins (coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms G07F1/06); Emergency money; Beer or gambling coins or tokens, or the like IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 23/00 Rosaries IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 25/00 Miscellaneous fancy ware for personal wear, e.g. crosses, crucifixes, charms +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 27/00 Making jewellery or other personal adornments since 1974 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 3/00 Medals; Badges +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 5/00 Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 7/00 Ear-rings; Devices for piercing the ear-lobes +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A44C 9/00 Finger-rings +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 1,597
YOSHIDA KOGYO 1,058
ZHEJIANG WEIXING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 596
FUJIAN SBS ZIPPER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 471
GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 462
GUANGDONG XIAOTIANCAI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 408
THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 278
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 267
OMEGA CH 194
APPLE US 187

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 1,555
YOSHIDA KOGYO 888
THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 358
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 314
APPLE US 234
OMEGA CH 216
GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 189
APLIX FR 176
FIDLOCK DE 149
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 145