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DIFF Subgroup
G06F 16/953

Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines

Introduced: January 2019

Full Title

Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor > Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types > Retrieval from the web > Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2019.

Child Classifications

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  • G06F 16/9532 Query formulation since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results 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