CPC Main Group
G11B 3/00 Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing, e.g. of grooves or pits; Reproducing by mechanical sensing; Record carriers therefor (G11B11/00, take precedence)
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G11B 3/02 Arrangements of heads
- G11B 3/44 Styli, e.g. sapphire, diamond
- G11B 3/58 Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust
- G11B 3/60 Turntables for record carriers
- G11B 3/64 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one grooved record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers
- G11B 3/66 Erasing information, e.g. for reuse of record carrier
- G11B 3/68 Record carriers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 12,397
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 12,238
- SK HYNIX KR 11,371
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 4,601
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,874
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,866
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 3,151
- SK HYNIX 3,143
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY 3,073
- WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,961