Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion

Filing statistics

CPC G06K 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06K, which recorded 154,464 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 9,623 in 2013 to 11,042 in 2023 (+15%), peaking at 17,895 applications in 2020. 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

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Child Classifications

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G06K 1/02 by punching
G06K 1/12 otherwise than by punching
G06K 1/14 by transferring data from a similar or dissimilar record carrier
G06K 1/20 Simultaneous marking of record carrier and printing-out of data, e.g. printing-punch

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