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G10L 17/26

Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectors; Recognition of animal voices

Full Title

Speaker identification or verification techniques > Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectors; Recognition of animal voices

Filing statistics

CPC G10L 17/26 belongs to the parent subclass G10L, which recorded 175,043 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,834 in 2013 to 17,369 in 2023 (+122%), peaking at 21,895 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

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