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G16Y 40/00

IoT characterised by the purpose of the information processing

Introduced: January 2020

Additional Content IPC

maintenance The use of IoT for keeping an object condition to a certain level. management The use of IoT for controlling an object under some policies or in order to achieve objective.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2020.

Child Classifications

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  • G16Y 40/10 Detection; Monitoring since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16Y 40/20 Analytics; Diagnosis since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16Y 40/40 Maintenance of things since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16Y 40/50 Safety; Security of things, users, data or systems since 2020 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G16Y 40/60 Positioning; Navigation 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