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IPC Main Group
A24D 1/00

Cigars; Cigarettes

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2020

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
Subclass:
CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES

Related Keywords

CHEROOTSforms of CIGARETTE(S)

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A24D 1/02 with special covers
  • A24D 1/04 with mouthpieces or filter-tips
  • A24D 1/08 with lighting means
  • A24D 1/1 with extinguishers
  • A24D 1/12 with ash-retaining attachments, holders, or other equipment
  • A24D 1/14 Tobacco cartridges for pipes
  • A24D 1/16 Bands for cigars or cigarettes
  • A24D 1/18 Selection of materials, other than tobacco, suitable for smoking
  • A24D 1/2 Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
  • A24D 1/22 Cigarettes with integrated combustible heat sources, e.g. with carbonaceous heat sources

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