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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)

Filing statistics

CPC G06Q 50/00 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 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
  • G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
  • G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
  • G06Q 50/08 Construction
  • G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
  • G06Q 50/50 Business processes related to the communications industry (charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications H04L12/14; telephonic communication involving automatic or semi-automatic exchanges H04M3/00; arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication H04M15/00; prepayment telephone systems H04M17/00; accounting or billing for wireless communication networks H04W4/24)
  • G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services (shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
  4. GOOGLE US 35,735
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
  8. APPLE US 23,482
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917