G06Q INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Description
G06Q encompasses computing and communication systems designed specifically for business administration, commerce, finance, management, and supervision functions. It covers enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management, accounting systems, human resources applications, and general business process automation. This subclass excludes technologies classified in more specific computing categories (such as data processing or telecommunications infrastructure) and covers the application layer where ICT is deployed to solve organizational and commercial problems.
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
- G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols (apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12)
- G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography
- G06Q 2230/00 Voting or election arrangements
- G06Q 2240/00 Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
- G06Q 2250/00 Postage metering systems
- G06Q 30/00 Commerce
- G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
- G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism (healthcare informatics G16H)
- G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
- G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
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