General lighting

General lighting · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB60Q3/43
Official titleGeneral lighting
Display labelGeneral lighting
Total patents181

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201511
201616
201719
201822
201920
202016
202117
202212
202318
202418
202511
20261

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC B60Q3/43?
CPC B60Q3/43 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “General lighting.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B60Q3/43 (General lighting)?
Our database includes 181 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B60Q3/43 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 18 in 2024 vs 11 in 2025 (latest complete years).