Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00)

Filing statistics

CPC G06F 17/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06F, which recorded 2,867,653 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 154,451 in 2013 to 335,605 in 2023 (+117%), peaking at 367,101 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class G06 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (76,952 applications), IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (62,841 applications) and MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING (44,778 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings