CPC Main Group
H03K 5/00 Manipulating of pulses not covered by one of the other main groups of this subclass (circuits with regenerative action H03K3/00, H03K4/00; by the use of non-linear magnetic or dielectric devices H03K3/45)
Filing statistics
CPC H03K 5/00 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
14 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- H03K 5/003 Changing the DC level (reinsertion of DC component of a television signal H04N5/16)
- H03K 5/01 Shaping pulses (discrimination against noise or interference H03K5/125)
- H03K 5/125 Discriminating pulses (measuring characteristics of individual pulses G01R29/02; separation of synchronising signals in television systems H04N5/08)
- H03K 5/13 Arrangements having a single output and transforming input signals into pulses delivered at desired time intervals
- H03K 5/15 Arrangements in which pulses are delivered at different times at several outputs, i.e. pulse distributors (distributing, switching or gating arrangements H03K17/00)
- H03K 5/153 Arrangements in which a pulse is delivered at the instant when a predetermined characteristic of an input signal is present or at a fixed time interval after this instant (switching at zero crossing H03K17/13)
- H03K 5/156 Arrangements in which a continuous pulse train is transformed into a train having a desired pattern
- H03K 5/159 Applications of delay lines not covered by the preceding subgroups
- H03K 5/19 Monitoring patterns of pulse trains (indicating amplitude G01R19/00; indicating frequency G01R23/00; measuring characteristics of individual pulses G01R29/02)
- H03K 5/22 Circuits having more than one input and one output for comparing pulses or pulse trains with each other according to input signal characteristics, e.g. slope, integral (indicating phase difference of two cyclic pulse trains G01R25/00)
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