G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute (audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute
CPC: Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute (audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute
Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute (audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B)
Of 5 combined children, 3 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- G09B 21/02 Devices for Braille writing (typewriters for Braille B41J3/32) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G09,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 16,046
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 13,766
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 12,804
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 10,322
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,738
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY 5,172
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 4,749
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 3,417
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY 3,335
- SONY CORPORATION JP 3,179
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G09,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 22,477
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 16,016
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 12,918
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 12,599
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 12,009
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY 6,252
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 4,410
- SONY CORPORATION JP 3,965
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,901
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY 3,705