DIFF Subgroup
G06F 9/06 using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units > using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
CPC:
Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units (program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10) > using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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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