G16Z INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Introduced: January 2019
Description
G16Z covers ICT applications and systems tailored to specialized domains that do not fit within other specific G16 subclasses (such as G16B for bioinformatics, G16C for computational chemistry, or G16H for healthcare). This classification serves as a residual category for emerging or niche application fields requiring dedicated digital solutions, data management systems, or computational approaches. Examples may include ICT systems for cultural heritage, environmental monitoring, smart agriculture technologies, or other sector-specific digital infrastructures not explicitly addressed elsewhere in the G16 group. It functions as a safety-net provision for novel application areas until they warrant designation to their own dedicated subclass.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2019.
Child Classifications
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- G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass since 2019 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