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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 20/20 relating to the thing itself since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16Y 20/30 relating to resources, e.g. consumed power 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

  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