Protocol or standard connector for transmission of analog or digital data to or from an electrophonic musical instrument

Full Title

Data organisation or data communication aspects, specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments > Transmission of musical instrument data, control or status information; Transmission, remote access or control of music data for electrophonic musical instruments > Protocol or standard connector for transmission of analog or digital data to or from an electrophonic musical instrument

Filing statistics

CPC G10H 2240/281 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 2240/285 USB, i.e. either using a USB plug as power supply or using the USB protocol to exchange data
G10H 2240/291 SCSI, i.e. Small Computer System Interface
G10H 2240/295 Packet switched network, e.g. token ring
G10H 2240/311 MIDI transmission (G10H2240/056 takes precedence)
G10H 2240/315 Firewire, i.e. transmission according to IEEE1394
G10H 2240/321 Bluetooth®

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