IPC Main Group
F23Q 2/00 Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- Subclass:
- IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING DEVICES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F23Q 2/02 Lighters with liquid fuel
- F23Q 2/16 Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
- F23Q 2/18 Lighters with solid fuel
- F23Q 2/28 Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel
- F23Q 2/3 Lighters characterised by catalytic ignition of fuel
- F23Q 2/32 Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects
- F23Q 2/34 Component parts or accessories
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,124
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 1,369
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 1,363
- SIEMENS DE 997
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 937
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 898
- VATTI 815
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 719
- RINNAI COMPANY 708
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 670