G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
Introduced: January 1980
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
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 > Arrangements for executing specific programs
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 > Arrangements for executing specific programs
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) since 2018 +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating (bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57) since 1990 +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 9/448 Execution paradigms, e.g. implementations of programming paradigms since 2018 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces since 2018 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines since 1990 +2 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