A47 FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
Description
This class encompasses furniture design and construction, household appliances, and domestic equipment intended for residential or general use. It covers grinding and processing devices for kitchen use (coffee mills, spice mills, and similar small mechanical processors), as well as suction-based cleaning equipment in their broadest form. The classification includes structural, functional, and material innovations in movable furnishings, storage solutions, and everyday domestic tools.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A47B TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) heading +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47D FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B39/00, A47B41/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47F SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47G HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47H FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS (concerned with the functioning of the door or window E05; roller blinds E06B) heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47J KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES heading +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47K SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A47L DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) heading +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ZHEJIANG SUPOR 13,571
- MIDEA 10,855
- JOYOUNG COMPANY 10,106
- FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING COMPANY 9,846
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,657
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 4,805
- GUANGDONG MIDEA ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE COMPANY 4,508
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 4,300
- HAIER SMART HOME 3,964
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 3,910
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 8,633
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 4,258
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,477
- MIDEA 3,257
- SEB FR 2,786
- FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,614
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 2,370
- VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING DE 2,248
- HAIER SMART HOME 2,169
- MIELE DE 2,019