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DIFF Subgroup
A61G 7/10

Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons > Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto

CPC:

Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons (stretchers with facilities for picking up patients or disabled persons A61G1/003) > Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 8 additional codes.

8 codes are CPC-only extensions, 2 exist only in IPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

Child Classifications

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  • A61G 7/1038 CPC only CPC only
  • A61G 7/12 for hoisting the patient or disabled person under the arms since 1990 IPC only IPC only
  • A61G 7/14 facilitating both lifting and lateral movement of the patient or disabled person since 1990 IPC only IPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
  2. NOVARTIS CH 14,253
  3. COVIDIEN US 13,953
  4. ROCHE CH 12,005
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
  7. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
  8. L'OREAL FR 11,593
  9. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
  10. OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 20,621
  2. NOVARTIS CH 15,792
  3. ROCHE CH 14,303
  4. COVIDIEN US 13,862
  5. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 13,454
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 12,798
  7. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 12,140
  8. L'OREAL FR 11,800
  9. OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,894
  10. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED US 9,513