H03K 17/96 Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08)
Introduced: January 1980
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Touch switches
CPC: Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and -breaking > characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated > Touch switches
Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking (gated amplifiers H03F3/72; switching arrangements for exchange systems using static devices H04Q3/52) > characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated > Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08)
Of 7 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.
7 codes are CPC-only extensions.
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 5,625
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,496
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,478
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 3,383
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,091
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,070
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,722
- SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,290
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,177
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,158
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,293
- QUALCOMM US 7,085
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,982
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 4,641
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,863
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,409
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,874
- SK HYNIX KR 2,644
- SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,545
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,437