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G06F 13/10

Program control for peripheral devices (G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence)

Introduced: January 1985

Title

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IPC: Program control for peripheral devices

CPC: Program control for peripheral devices (G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units > Program control for peripheral devices

CPC:

Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units (interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16 ) > Program control for peripheral devices (G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence)

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

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  • G06F 13/102 CPC only CPC only

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