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G10F 1/20

to be plucked

Full Title

Automatic musical instruments > Stringed musical instruments other than pianofortes (pianofortes G10F1/02, G10F1/04) > to be plucked

Filing statistics

CPC G10F 1/20 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

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 6,277
  2. GOOGLE US 5,429
  3. FRAUNHOFER DE 4,984
  4. SONY CORPORATION JP 2,808
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 2,577
  6. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 2,382
  7. DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION US 2,123
  8. QUALCOMM US 2,117
  9. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,049
  10. AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES US 1,924