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G10H 2210/425

19 equal intervals per octave, offering better major thirds, far better minor thirds and overall far greater consonance than normal 12-semitone equal temperament, at the cost of a flatter fifth

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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 > Special musical scales, i.e. other than the 12-interval equally tempered scale; Special input devices therefor > Equally tempered scale, i.e. note tuning scale in which every pair of adjacent notes has an identical frequency ratio equal to 2 to the power 1/n if the scale has n notes per octave > 19 equal intervals per octave, offering better major thirds, far better minor thirds and overall far greater consonance than normal 12-semitone equal temperament, at the cost of a flatter fifth

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