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G04B 11/00

Click devices; Stop clicks; Clutches

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Click devices, stop clicks or clutches for winding

CPC: Click devices; Stop clicks; Clutches

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Click devices, stop clicks or clutches for winding

CPC:

Click devices; Stop clicks; Clutches

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1980.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 1,570
  2. ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE CH 1,409
  3. CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY 1,172
  4. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1,100
  5. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 768
  6. NIVAROX-FAR CH 750
  7. MONTRES BREGUET CH 707
  8. APPLE US 706
  9. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 648
  10. CITIZEN WATCH COMPANY 578

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 1,705
  2. ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE CH 1,443
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,104
  4. APPLE US 1,038
  5. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 875
  6. NIVAROX-FAR CH 781
  7. CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY 734
  8. MONTRES BREGUET CH 715
  9. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 715
  10. OMEGA CH 555