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G16Y 10/60

Healthcare; Welfare

Full Title

Economic sectors > Healthcare; Welfare

Filing statistics

CPC G16Y 10/60 belongs to the parent subclass G16Y, which recorded 19,309 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 30 in 2013 to 3,711 in 2023 (+12270%), peaking at 4,630 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class G16 are PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (7,379 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (2,740 applications) and IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (2,388 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 7,379
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,740
  3. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,388
  4. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,849
  5. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,697
  6. FUJIFILM JP 1,618
  7. ILLUMINA US 1,335
  8. ROCHE CH 1,264
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 1,181
  10. DEXCOM US 1,150