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G06Q 50/00

Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism (healthcare informatics G16H)

Introduced: January 2006

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism

CPC: Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism (healthcare informatics G16H)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism

CPC:

Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism (healthcare informatics G16H)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

business processes business process business operations or activities performed by entities, e.g., organisations or enterprises, that operate for commercial, financial, industrial, or professional purposes business sector business sectors an area of the economy in which entities share the same or related business activities, products or services

Limiting references

Healthcare informatics

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2012.

Child Classifications

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  • G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/08 Construction since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/50 Business processes related to the communications industry (charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications H04L12/14; telephonic communication involving automatic or semi-automatic exchanges H04M3/00; arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication H04M15/00; prepayment telephone systems H04M17/00; accounting or billing for wireless communication networks H04W4/24) since 2024 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services (shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00) since 2024 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