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G06F 3/08

from or to individual record carriers, e.g. punched card

Full Title

Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements > Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers > from or to individual record carriers, e.g. punched card

Filing statistics

CPC G06F 3/08 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

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