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IPC Subclass
G09B

EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
EDUCATING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
Subclass:
EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Description

G09B encompasses devices and appliances designed for educational instruction, scientific demonstration, and specialized communication aids for persons with sensory disabilities. Coverage includes planetaria, globes, maps, diagrams, three-dimensional models, and interactive teaching apparatus across all subject disciplines. The subclass also covers tactile communication devices for the blind, visual or auditory aids for the deaf, and alternative communication systems for the mute. Excluded are general audiovisual equipment covered elsewhere in G09 and medical devices for rehabilitation or treatment.

Additional Content

Simulators for teaching or training purposes . Simulating cosmonautic conditions, e.g. for conditioning crews Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying Computer-based simulators - Analogue computers for flight simulators Education or teaching in general . Abacus Models . Dental articulators Models in the nature of toys, e.g. model railways Models of scenic effects, e.g. trees or rocks, for stage purposes

Related Keywords

teaching the control of AIRCRAFTDEMONSTRATING appliancescharts for GENEALOGYHAND(S) supports for use in teaching writing, drawing or paintingteaching the control of SHIP(S)TEACHING -appliances in generalappliances for TOPOGRAPHYteaching the control of VEHICLES

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G09, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 16,046
  2. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 13,766
  3. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 12,804
  4. LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 10,322
  5. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,738
  6. SAMSUNG DISPLAY 5,172
  7. SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 4,749
  8. SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 3,417
  9. LG DISPLAY COMPANY 3,335
  10. SONY CORPORATION JP 3,179