IPC Main Group
H01H 13/00 Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
Filing statistics
IPC H01H 13/00 belongs to the parent subclass H01H, which recorded 242,774 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 16,532 in 2013 to 24,974 in 2023 (+51%), peaking at 27,753 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H01 are TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (43,574 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (42,206 applications) and LG CHEM (21,383 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- H01H 13/02 Details
- H01H 13/5 having a single operating member
- H01H 13/68 having two operating members, one for opening and one for closing the same set of contacts
- H01H 13/7 having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634