IPC Subgroup
A24C 5/14 Machines of the continuous-rod type
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes > Machines of the continuous-rod type
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- Subclass:
- MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
Related Keywords
PAPER tubes for cigarettespaper TUBE(S) of cigarettes
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A24C 5/18 Forming the rod
- A24C 5/2 Reels; Supports for bobbins; Other accessories
- A24C 5/22 Creasing the paper seam
- A24C 5/24 Pasting the seam
- A24C 5/26 Drying the seam
- A24C 5/28 Cutting-off the tobacco rod
- A24C 5/31 with special arrangements coming into operation during starting, slowing-down, or breakdown of the machine, e.g. for diverting or breaking the continuous rod
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,201
- NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,482
- KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,818
- JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,636
- JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,806
- CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 2,490
- CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 2,453
- CHINA TOBACCO HUBEI INDUSTRIAL 2,344
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,199
- SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,097