DIFF Main Group
C06F 1/00 Mechanical manufacture of matches
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- C06F 1/02 Cutting match splints (independently of other operations B27L9/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/04 Filling match splints into carrier bars; Discharging matches IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/06 Dipping, coating, impregnating, or drying of matches (dipping or coating in general B05C, B05D; impregnating in general B27K; drying in general F26B) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/16 Manufacture of matches connected together, e.g. in bands or blocks IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/18 Printing on matches or match-boxes when combined with match manufacture IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/20 Applying strike-surfaces, e.g. on match-boxes on match-books IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C06F 1/22 Manufacturing of match-books, match packs or match packages IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class C06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- XIAN MODERN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 390
- BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 338
- INST. OF CHEMICAL MATERIAL, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS 275
- HUBEI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CHEMOTECHNOLOGY 232
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 176
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 112
- NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA 91
- DYNO NOBEL ASIA PACIFIC AU 91
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 86
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 84
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class C06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- XIAN MODERN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 309
- BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 295
- INST. OF CHEMICAL MATERIAL, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS 216
- HUBEI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CHEMOTECHNOLOGY 187
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 120
- DYNO NOBEL ASIA PACIFIC AU 108
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 102
- DAICEL CORPORATION JP 102
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 91
- DYNO NOBEL US 88