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IPC Subgroup
G08B 15/02

with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives > with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
SIGNALLING
Subclass:
SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Additional Content

Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with fluent-material releasing, generating or distributing means, e.g. repellants Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with means for marking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft Hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellant gases or chemicals

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 6,781
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 5,954
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,656
  4. DENSO CORPORATION 3,452
  5. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 2,945
  6. DENSO CORPORATION JP 2,562
  7. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL US 2,517
  8. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 2,435
  9. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,239
  10. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2,119