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CPC Subgroup
G06F 21/73

by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers

Full Title

Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity > Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer > to assure secure computing or processing of information > by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
  4. GOOGLE US 35,735
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
  8. APPLE US 23,482
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917