H05 ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Description
H05 covers electric techniques and equipment that do not fit within the more specialized electrical and electronics classes (H01-H04). This catch-all classification includes electrostatic phenomena, electric heating and cooking devices, X-ray generation equipment, nuclear reactor control systems, and other specialized electrical applications. The class serves as a residual category for electrical inventions that lack sufficient technical coherence or volume to warrant a dedicated class, ensuring comprehensive coverage of the IPC electrical spectrum.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- H05B ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL heading +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05C ELECTRIC CIRCUITS OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENT FOR KILLING, STUNNING, OR GUIDING LIVING BEINGS (stationary means for catching or killing insects by electric means A01M1/22; apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals, other than insects, by electricity A01M19/00; electric traps for animals A01M23/38; scaring devices for animals A01M29/00; slaughtering or stunning by electric current A22B3/06) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05G X-RAY TECHNIQUE (investigating or analysing materials by the use of X-rays G01N23/00; apparatus for X-ray photography G03B42/02; X-ray tubes H01J35/00; TV systems having X-ray input H04N5/321) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05H PLASMA TECHNIQUE (apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays H05G2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS heading +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H05K PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,201
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6,828
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 3,988
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,564
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,533
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 3,310
- FUJI JP 2,870
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 2,675
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2,665
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 2,634
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
- FUJI JP 2,987
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907