H03K 17/9618 Full Title
Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking (gated amplifiers H03F3/72; switching arrangements for exchange systems using static devices H04Q3/52) > characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated > Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08)
Filing statistics
CPC H03K 17/9618 belongs to the parent subclass H03K, which recorded 115,470 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,771 in 2013 to 10,326 in 2023 (+33%), peaking at 12,309 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class H03 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (7,293 applications), QUALCOMM (7,085 applications) and MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY (5,982 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,293
- QUALCOMM US 7,085
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,982
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 4,641
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,863
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,409
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,874
- SK HYNIX KR 2,644
- SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,545
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,437