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A24C 1/42

Marking, printing, or decorating cigars

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Elements of cigar manufacture > Final treatment of cigars, e.g. sorting > Marking, printing, or decorating cigars

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
Subclass:
MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES

Filing statistics

IPC A24C 1/42 belongs to the parent subclass A24C, which recorded 14,706 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,063 in 2013 to 1,531 in 2023 (+44%), peaking at 1,795 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class A24 are PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS (13,201 applications), NICOVENTURES TRADING (7,482 applications) and KT & G CORPORATION (4,818 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

DECORATING of cigars or cigarettesMARKING of cigars or cigarettesPRINTING on cigars or cigarettes

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,201
  2. NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,482
  3. KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,818
  4. JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,636
  5. JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,806
  6. CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 2,490
  7. CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 2,453
  8. CHINA TOBACCO HUBEI INDUSTRIAL 2,344
  9. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,199
  10. SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,097