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G10H 2210/101

Music Composition or musical creation; Tools or processes therefor

Full Title

Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments > Music Composition or musical creation; Tools or processes therefor

Filing statistics

CPC G10H 2210/101 belongs to the parent subclass G10H, which recorded 17,124 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,186 in 2013 to 1,533 in 2023 (+29%), peaking at 1,888 applications in 2020. 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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  • G10H 2210/105 Composing aid, e.g. for supporting creation, edition or modification of a piece of music
  • G10H 2210/125 Medley, i.e. linking parts of different musical pieces in one single piece, e.g. sound collage, DJ mix
  • G10H 2210/141 Riff, i.e. improvisation, e.g. repeated motif or phrase, automatically added to a piece, e.g. in real time
  • G10H 2210/145 Composing rules, e.g. harmonic or musical rules, for use in automatic composition; Rule generation algorithms therefor
  • G10H 2210/151 using templates, i.e. incomplete musical sections, as a basis for composing

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