Positioning by moving the loading station

Introduced: January 1985

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor > Details > Positioning or locking of single discs > of discs rotating during transducing operation > Positioning by moving the loading station

CPC:

Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor (guiding cards or sheets G06K13/00) > Details > Positioning or locking of single discs > of discs rotating during transducing operation > Positioning by moving the loading station

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G11,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
SK HYNIX KR 9,138
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G11,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 12,397
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 12,238
SK HYNIX KR 11,371
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 4,601
INTEL CORPORATION US 3,874
IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,866
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 3,151
SK HYNIX 3,143
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY 3,073
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,961