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A63C 5/12

Making thereof; Selection of particular materials (materials for the running sole A63C5/056)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

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IPC: Making thereof; Selection of particular materials

CPC: Making thereof; Selection of particular materials (materials for the running sole A63C5/056)

Full Title

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IPC:

Skis or snowboards > Making thereof; Selection of particular materials

CPC:

Skis or snowboards (sledges with runners, e.g. ski-bobs, B62B13/00; runners for sledges B62B17/02; runners for carrying wheeled vehicles to facilitate travel on snow or ice B62B19/00) > Making thereof; Selection of particular materials (materials for the running sole A63C5/056)

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 4 additional codes.

4 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SANKYO 23,899
  2. SANYO PRODUCT COMPANY 23,718
  3. DAIICHI SHOKAI COMPANY 13,338
  4. KYORAKU SANGYO 10,447
  5. UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 9,545
  6. SANEI R & D COMPANY 9,135
  7. SAMMY CORPORATION 7,126
  8. NEWGIN CORPORATION 5,651
  9. NETEASE 4,877
  10. HEIWA CORPORATION 3,938

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A63,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NETEASE 4,324
  2. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 3,255
  3. SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT JP 2,643
  4. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY CN 2,353
  5. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS US 2,005
  6. KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION US 1,883
  7. ACUSHNET COMPANY US 1,495
  8. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 1,272
  9. NINTENDO COMPANY JP 1,260
  10. SONY CORPORATION JP 1,169