A24F
Smokers' requisites
Official title: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
A24F (Smokers' requisites) appears on 9,338 US grants and 16,223 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 9,338
- Published applications
- 16,223
- Assignees
- 1,686
- Inventors
- 10,505
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 37 | 0 |
| 1977 | 57 | 0 |
| 1978 | 41 | 0 |
| 1979 | 52 | 0 |
| 1980 | 63 | 0 |
| 1981 | 57 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 32 | 0 |
| 1988 | 35 | 0 |
| 1989 | 39 | 0 |
| 1990 | 44 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 40 | 0 |
| 1998 | 66 | 0 |
| 1999 | 77 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 4 |
| 2002 | 30 | 26 |
| 2003 | 24 | 47 |
| 2004 | 32 | 62 |
| 2005 | 15 | 44 |
| 2006 | 19 | 53 |
| 2007 | 19 | 60 |
| 2008 | 11 | 72 |
| 2009 | 15 | 81 |
| 2010 | 31 | 96 |
| 2011 | 25 | 104 |
| 2012 | 39 | 112 |
| 2013 | 82 | 174 |
| 2014 | 100 | 340 |
| 2015 | 121 | 511 |
| 2016 | 187 | 616 |
| 2017 | 284 | 811 |
| 2018 | 566 | 928 |
| 2019 | 610 | 907 |
| 2020 | 675 | 1223 |
| 2021 | 711 | 1402 |
| 2022 | 737 | 1662 |
| 2023 | 801 | 1688 |
| 2024 | 1295 | 2070 |
| 2025 | 1176 | 1712 |
| 2026 | 706 | 1418 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- A24F 40/00Electrically operated smoking devices6,909
- A24F 15/00Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or784
- A24F 1/00Tobacco pipes652
- A24F 13/00Appliances for smoking cigars or cigarettes562
- A24F 7/00Mouthpieces for pipes493
- A24F 42/00Simulated smoking devices other than electrically operated428
- A24F 23/00Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco337
- A24F 19/00Ash-trays290
All 20 main groupsShow fewer
- A24F 47/00Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for269
- A24F 9/00Accessories for smokers' pipes161
- A24F 5/00Bowls for pipes128
- A24F 25/00Devices used by the smoker for controlling the moisture content of, or121
- A24F 3/00Tobacco pipes combined with other objects109
- A24F 17/00Receptacles for cigarette papers57
- A24F 27/00Match receptacles or boxes54
- A24F 21/00Stands for smokers' requisites13
- A24F 2700/00Tobacco pipesIndexing code12
- A24F 29/00Devices for igniting matches4
- A24F 11/00Seasoning of tobacco pipes2
- A24F 31/00Pipe-spills1
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Flavor generating article1,074US 5,060,671 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1991
- Flavor-delivery article1,043US 5,144,962 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1992
- Dispenser1,019US 5,894,841 APonwell Enterprises Limited · 1999
- Smoking articles utilizing electrical energy956US 4,947,874 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1990
- Flavor-generating device934US 6,155,268 AJapan Tobacco Inc. · 2000