CPC Main Group
G06K 7/00 Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, (methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion G06K1/00; pattern recognition G06F18/00; arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding G06V10/00; character recognition, recognising digital ink or document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00)
Filing statistics
CPC G06K 7/00 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
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06K 7/01 Details
- G06K 7/02 by pneumatic or hydraulic means, e.g. sensing punched holes with compressed air; by sonic means
- G06K 7/04 by mechanical means, e.g. by pins operating electric contacts
- G06K 7/06 by means which conduct current when a mark is sensed or absent, e.g. contact brush for a conductive mark
- G06K 7/08 by means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes
- G06K 7/10 by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
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