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DIFF Subgroup
G16H 40/60

for the operation of medical equipment or devices

Introduced: January 2018

Full Title

ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices > for the operation of medical equipment or devices

Additional Content IPC

operation covers also monitoring or control local relates to operation by which (i) the patient, (ii) the medical equipment or device, and (iii) the medical practitioner or operator are in a single geographically enclosed area remote relates to operation by which (i) the patient, (ii) the medical equipment or device, or (iii) the medical practitioner or operator are geographically separated transformation of medical or healthcare data, means any contextual, content-related or structural transformation of said data

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2018.

Child Classifications

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  • G16H 40/63 for local operation since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16H 40/67 for remote operation since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in 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