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F21V

FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Introduced: September 1968

Description

F21V covers functional features, design details, and structural adaptations of lighting devices and systems that do not fit into more specific lighting classifications. This includes reflectors, diffusers, lenses, heat management components, mounting systems, and controls integrated into lighting fixtures or lamps. The class also encompasses combinations where lighting devices are structurally integrated with non-lighting articles (such as furniture, vehicles, or building elements) without constituting a separate functional invention. F21V serves as a residual category for lighting device improvements and hybrid designs that fall outside the scope of dedicated classes for specific light sources (F21K), lamp types (F21S), or specialized lighting applications.

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

Light source Light sources The entity (e.g. light bulb, fluorescent tube, gas mantle or combustible charge) that generates light for a lighting device.

Application references

Arrangements of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits thereof for vehicles in general

Of 24 combined children, 22 exist in both systems.

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

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

13 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,883
  2. VALEO VISION FR 2,797
  3. KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,531
  4. OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 2,343
  5. SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,275
  6. TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1,982
  7. KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 1,766
  8. LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 1,651
  9. SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 1,633
  10. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,591

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F21,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. VALEO VISION FR 2,820
  2. SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,374
  3. KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 1,890
  4. KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1,722
  5. LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 1,624
  6. OSRAM DE 1,507
  7. LG ELECTRONICS KR 1,458
  8. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 1,433
  9. ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING AT 1,349
  10. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,275