Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16)

Introduced: January 2013

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material

CPC: Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material (protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity > Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material

CPC:

Additional Content IPC

Protection in video systems or pay television

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 6 additional codes.

6 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2013.

Child Classifications

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G06F 21/101 +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/105 CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/106 +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/107 +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/108 +7 CPC CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/109 CPC only CPC only
G06F 21/12 Protecting executable software since 2013 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking since 2013 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