IPC Subgroup
G03B 9/08 Shutters
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2021
Full Title
Exposure-making shutters; Diaphragms > Shutters
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- Subclass:
- APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G03B 9/1 Blade or disc rotating or pivoting about axis normal to its plane
- G03B 9/28 Roller blind or flexible plate
- G03B 9/36 Sliding rigid plate
- G03B 9/46 Flap shutters pivoting about axis in plane of flap
- G03B 9/52 Barrel shutters
- G03B 9/54 Conical shutters; Rotating plate with axis of rotation inclined to optical axis of shutter
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 31,416
- CANON JP 17,469
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 9,845
- RICOH COMPANY 9,807
- ASML NETHERLANDS NL 9,427
- FUJIFILM JP 7,225
- KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 7,216
- FUJI XEROX COMPANY 5,711
- CARL ZEISS SMT DE 4,971
- RICOH COMPANY JP 4,123