DIFF Subgroup
G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
Introduced: January 2019
Full Title
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor > of structured data, e.g. relational data
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2019.
Child Classifications
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- G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases since 2019 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures since 2019 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems since 2019 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor since 2019 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 16/28 Databases characterised by their database models, e.g. relational or object models since 2019 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G06,2013–2023, 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)
Class G06,2013–2023, 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