CPC Subgroup
G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
Full Title
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor > Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06F 16/901 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures (for retrieval from the web G06F16/951)
- G06F 16/903 Querying (for retrieval from the web G06F16/953)
- G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor (for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957)
- G06F 16/906 Clustering; Classification
- G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
- G06F 16/93 Document management systems
- G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
- GOOGLE US 35,735
- INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
- APPLE US 23,482
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917