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H04H 40/27

specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95

Full Title

Arrangements specially adapted for receiving broadcast information > Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving > specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95

Filing statistics

CPC H04H 40/27 belongs to the parent subclass H04H, which recorded 18,791 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 2,325 in 2013 to 705 in 2023 (-70%), peaking at 2,551 applications in 2014. The most active applicants in class H04 are HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (101,476 applications), QUALCOMM (101,139 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (96,655 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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  • H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
  2. QUALCOMM US 101,139
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
  5. LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
  7. SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
  8. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
  9. INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498