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B68G 1/00

Loose filling materials for upholstery

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
SADDLERY; UPHOLSTERY
Subclass:
METHODS, EQUIPMENT, OR MACHINES FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; UPHOLSTERY NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Filing statistics

IPC B68G 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B68G, which recorded 5,200 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 401 in 2013 to 518 in 2023 (+29%), peaking at 558 applications in 2015. The most active applicants in class B68 are TACHI S COMPANY (144 applications), TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION (131 applications) and L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY (84 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

HORSEHAIR as upholstery filling

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B68, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TACHI S COMPANY 144
  2. TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION 131
  3. L & P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY US 84
  4. TACHI S COMPANY JP 81
  5. TS TECH COMPANY 79
  6. YOSHIDA KOGYO JP 78
  7. YOSHIDA KOGYO 54
  8. SPUEHL CH 50
  9. CHANGSHU BEALEAD AUTOMATIC MACHINE COMPANY 50
  10. ZHEJIANG HUAJIAN INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT 49