G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K19/00)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
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IPC: Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
CPC: Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K19/00)
Full Title
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Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled (logic circuits H03K19/00)
Additional Content IPC
Glossary
Individual record carriers Designates physically distinct carriers carrying digital information, e.g. sheets, cards.
Limiting references
Logic circuits
Application references
Sorting of postal letters
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 8 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- G06F 7/02 Comparing digital values (G06F7/06, G06F7/38 take precedence) +2 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/06 Arrangements for sorting, selecting, merging, or comparing data on individual record carriers IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/22 Arrangements for sorting or merging computer data on continuous record carriers, e.g. tape, drum, disc IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/38 Methods or arrangements for performing computations using exclusively denominational number representation, e.g. using binary, ternary, decimal representation +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/58 Random or pseudo-random number generators since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/60 Methods or arrangements for performing computations using a digital non-denominational number representation, i.e. number representation without radix; Computing devices using combinations of denominational and non-denominational quantity representations since 1980 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/74 Selecting or encoding within a word the position of one or more bits having a specified value, e.g. most or least significant one or zero detection, priority encoders since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 7/76 Arrangements for rearranging, permuting or selecting data according to predetermined rules, independently of the content of the data since 2006 +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