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G16H 20/90

relating to alternative medicines, e.g. homeopathy or oriental medicines

Introduced: January 2018

Full Title

ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance > relating to alternative medicines, e.g. homeopathy or oriental medicines

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
  4. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
  5. ILLUMINA US 1,097
  6. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
  7. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
  8. FUJIFILM JP 990
  9. PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
  10. ROCHE CH 864

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 7,379
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,740
  3. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,388
  4. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,849
  5. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,697
  6. FUJIFILM JP 1,618
  7. ILLUMINA US 1,335
  8. ROCHE CH 1,264
  9. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 1,181
  10. DEXCOM US 1,150