IPC Subgroup
G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
Introduced: January 2000
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for > Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- SIGNALLING
- Subclass:
- SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G08B 21/04 responsive to non-activity, e.g. of elderly persons
- G08B 21/06 indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms
- G08B 21/08 responsive to the presence of persons in a body of water, e.g. a swimming pool; responsive to an abnormal condition of a body of water
- G08B 21/1 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
- G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 6,781
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 5,954
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,656
- DENSO CORPORATION 3,452
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 2,945
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 2,562
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL US 2,517
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 2,435
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,239
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2,119