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A24C 5/00

Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2020

Classification Context

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

Related Keywords

CIGARETTE(S) manufacturedispensing CIGARETTE(S)

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Child Classifications

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  • A24C 5/01 Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
  • A24C 5/08 Machines with aprons and tables for wrapping
  • A24C 5/1 Machines with wrapping rollers
  • A24C 5/12 Cutting the ends of filled and rolled cigarettes
  • A24C 5/36 Removing papers or other parts from defective cigarettes
  • A24C 5/38 Machines combined with printing devices
  • A24C 5/39 Tobacco feeding devices
  • A24C 5/46 Making paper tubes for cigarettes
  • A24C 5/47 Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
  • A24C 5/52 Incorporating filters or mouthpieces into a cigarette rod or a tobacco rod
  • A24C 5/54 Folding the ends of cigarette paper tubes after filling them with tobacco
  • A24C 5/6 Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating

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