G06 COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Description
G06 encompasses apparatus and methods for computing, calculating, and counting functions across analog, digital, and hybrid systems. This class covers foundational computing technologies including mechanical calculators, electronic computers, data processing equipment, and specialized computing devices used for mathematical operations and numerical analysis. The classification includes both the physical hardware components and operational principles underlying computational systems, spanning from basic arithmetic devices to complex processing architectures. Adjacent classes address specific computing applications (such as G07 for checking/signaling devices and G11 for information storage), whereas G06 focuses on the core computing and calculation mechanisms themselves.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 12 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- G06C DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY (score computers for card games A63F1/18) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06E OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICES (digital storage using optical elements G11C13/04) heading since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) heading +21 CPC −6 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06G ANALOGUE COMPUTERS (analogue optical computing devices G06E3/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06J HYBRID COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS (optical hybrid computing devices G06E3/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06K GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS heading +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06M COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06N COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS heading since 2000 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06Q INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading since 2006 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06T IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL heading since 1995 +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING heading since 2022 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
- GOOGLE US 32,969
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
- INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
- APPLE US 21,891
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
- GOOGLE US 35,735
- INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
- APPLE US 23,482
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917