Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: EDUCATING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
Subclass:: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

Filing statistics

IPC G09F 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass G09F, which recorded 302,195 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 15,483 in 2013 to 32,220 in 2023 (+108%), peaking at 43,845 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G09 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (16,046 applications), BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (13,766 applications) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY (12,804 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object Labels specially adapted for being applied to, or incorporated in, record carriers and not intended for visual display simultaneously with the playing-back of the record carrier

Related Keywords

labels for IDENTIFYINGLABEL(S)PEG(S) ticketsSEALSpostage STAMPStag TICKET(S)

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Child Classifications

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G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions
G09F 3/04 to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion
G09F 3/08 Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself

Top Applicants

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

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