DIFF Subgroup
F21S 41/32 Optical layout thereof
Introduced: January 2018
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps > characterised by reflectors > Optical layout thereof
CPC:
Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps (reversing lights F21S43/00) > characterised by reflectors > Optical layout thereof
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 2018.
Child Classifications
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- F21S 41/33 Multi-surface reflectors, e.g. reflectors with facets or reflectors with portions of different curvature since 2018 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F21S 41/36 Combinations of two or more separate reflectors since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,883
- VALEO VISION FR 2,797
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,531
- OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 2,343
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,275
- TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1,982
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 1,766
- LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 1,651
- SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 1,633
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,591
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- VALEO VISION FR 2,820
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,374
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 1,890
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1,722
- LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 1,624
- OSRAM DE 1,507
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 1,458
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 1,433
- ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING AT 1,349
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,275