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H05C 1/00

Circuits or apparatus for generating electric shock effects

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENT FOR KILLING, STUNNING, ENCLOSING OR GUIDING LIVING BEINGS

Filing statistics

IPC H05C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass H05C, which recorded 688 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 63 in 2013 to 30 in 2023 (-52%), peaking at 89 applications in 2014. The most active applicants in class H05 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (7,201 applications), PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (6,828 applications) and SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY (3,988 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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  • H05C 1/02 providing continuous feeding of DC or AC voltage

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,201
  2. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6,828
  3. SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 3,988
  4. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,564
  5. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,533
  6. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 3,310
  7. FUJI JP 2,870
  8. SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 2,675
  9. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2,665
  10. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 2,634