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G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
Filing statistics
CPC G06Q 10/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06Q, which recorded 1,091,013 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 52,578 in 2013 to 131,803 in 2023 (+151%), peaking at 135,763 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
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Child Classifications
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- G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202)
- G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
- G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
- G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
- G06Q 10/40 Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
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