G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
Full Title
Commerce > Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising > Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
Filing statistics
CPC G06Q 30/0207 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 30/0208 Trade or exchange of goods or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
- G06Q 30/0211 Determining the effectiveness of discounts or incentives
- G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
- G06Q 30/0217 involving input on products or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
- G06Q 30/0226 Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems
- G06Q 30/0234 Rebates after completed purchase
- G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
- G06Q 30/0238 at point-of-sale [POS]
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