DIFF Main Group
G16Y 20/00 Information sensed or collected by the things
Introduced: January 2020
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2020.
Child Classifications
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- G16Y 20/10 relating to the environment, e.g. temperature; relating to location since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16Y 20/40 relating to personal data, e.g. biometric data, records or preferences since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
- ILLUMINA US 1,097
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
- FUJIFILM JP 990
- PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
- ROCHE CH 864
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 7,379
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,740
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,388
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,849
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,697
- FUJIFILM JP 1,618
- ILLUMINA US 1,335
- ROCHE CH 1,264
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 1,181
- DEXCOM US 1,150