Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof

Filing statistics

CPC H04N 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04N, which recorded 864,508 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 63,372 in 2013 to 69,353 in 2023 (+9%), peaking at 99,144 applications in 2020. 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

29 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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H04N 1/00002
H04N 1/00095
H04N 1/00127
H04N 1/0035
H04N 1/00519
H04N 1/00567
H04N 1/00681
H04N 1/00795
H04N 1/0083
H04N 1/00832
H04N 1/00835
H04N 1/00838
H04N 1/00885
H04N 1/00909
H04N 1/00912
H04N 1/00962
H04N 1/00976
H04N 1/024 Details of scanning heads
H04N 1/04 Scanning arrangements (H04N1/387 takes precedence)
H04N 1/21 Intermediate information storage (H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence )

Top Applicants

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

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