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G08B 15/02

with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives > with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Additional Content IPC

Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with fluent-material releasing, generating or distributing means, e.g. repellants Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with means for marking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft Hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellant gases or chemicals

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 6,781
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 5,954
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,656
  4. DENSO CORPORATION 3,452
  5. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 2,945
  6. DENSO CORPORATION JP 2,562
  7. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL US 2,517
  8. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 2,435
  9. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,239
  10. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2,119

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G08,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,999
  2. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,488
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 3,377
  4. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,103
  5. DENSO CORPORATION JP 2,964
  6. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL US 2,873
  7. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 2,343
  8. NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY JP 2,265
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,247
  10. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,132