G10H 2210/571 Chords; Chord sequences
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 > Chords; Chord sequences
Filing statistics
CPC G10H 2210/571 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 2210/576 Chord progression
- G10H 2210/581 Chord inversion
- G10H 2210/586 Natural chords, i.e. adjustment of individual note pitches in order to generate just intonation chords
- G10H 2210/591 Chord with a suspended note, e.g. 2nd or 4th
- G10H 2210/596 Chord augmented
- G10H 2210/601 Chord diminished
- G10H 2210/606 Chord ninth, i.e. including ninth or above, e.g. 11th or 13th
- G10H 2210/611 Chord ninth or above, to which is added a tension note
- G10H 2210/616 Chord seventh, major or minor
- G10H 2210/621 Chord seventh dominant
- G10H 2210/626 Chord sixth
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