IPC Main Group
A41B 9/00 Undergarments
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- WEARING APPAREL
- Subclass:
- SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
Related Keywords
DRAWERS or underwearLINGERIEPANTS [= underwear]UNDERPANTS
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A41B 9/02 Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
- A41B 9/04 Knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
- A41B 9/06 Undershirts; Chemises
- A41B 9/08 Combined undergarments
- A41B 9/1 Petticoats
- A41B 9/12 Protective undergarments
- A41B 9/14 Waistbands forming part of the undergarments; Closures thereof
- A41B 9/16 Shoulder-straps forming part of the undergarments
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NIKE US 840
- NIKE INNOVATE US 719
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 444
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 351
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 287
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 257
- JIANGXI INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY 248
- ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY 235
- GUANGDONG COSMO-LADY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 219
- GUNZE 218