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G06F 1/3234

Power saving characterised by the action undertaken

Introduced: January 2019

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details not covered by groups and > Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof > Means for saving power > Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode > Power saving characterised by the action undertaken

CPC:

Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00 (architectures of general purpose stored program computers G06F15/76) > Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) > Means for saving power > Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode > Power saving characterised by the action undertaken

Of 9 combined children, 7 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2019.

Child Classifications

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  • G06F 1/3237 by disabling clock generation or distribution since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/324 by lowering clock frequency since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/3243 CPC only CPC only
  • G06F 1/3246 by software initiated power-off since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/329 by task scheduling since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/3293 by switching to a less power-consuming processor, e.g. sub-CPU since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 1/3296 by lowering the supply or operating voltage since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
  4. GOOGLE US 32,969
  5. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
  9. APPLE US 21,891
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
  4. GOOGLE US 35,735
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
  8. APPLE US 23,482
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917