CPC Main Group
G10F 1/00 Automatic musical instruments
Filing statistics
CPC G10F 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass G10F, which recorded 520 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 45 in 2013 to 25 in 2023 (-44%), peaking at 75 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class G10 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (6,277 applications), GOOGLE (5,429 applications) and FRAUNHOFER (4,984 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- G10F 1/02 Pianofortes with keyboard
- G10F 1/04 Pianofortes which have no keyboard
- G10F 1/06 Musical boxes with plucked teeth, blades, or the like
- G10F 1/08 Percussion musical instruments
- G10F 1/12 Wind-actuated instruments
- G10F 1/16 Stringed musical instruments other than pianofortes (pianofortes G10F1/02, G10F1/04)
- G10F 1/22 Combinations of two or more instruments
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 6,277
- GOOGLE US 5,429
- FRAUNHOFER DE 4,984
- SONY CORPORATION JP 2,808
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 2,577
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 2,382
- DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION US 2,123
- QUALCOMM US 2,117
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,049
- AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES US 1,924