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DIFF Subgroup
H03K 23/66

with a variable counting base, e.g. by presetting or by adding or suppressing pulses

Introduced: January 1985

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Pulse counters comprising counting chains; Frequency dividers comprising counting chains > with a base or radix other than a power of two > with a variable counting base, e.g. by presetting or by adding or suppressing pulses

CPC:

Pulse counters comprising counting chains; Frequency dividers comprising counting chains (H03K29/00 takes precedence) > with a base or radix other than a power of two (H03K23/40 - H03K23/62 take precedence) > with a variable counting base, e.g. by presetting or by adding or suppressing pulses

Of 3 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 5,625
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,496
  3. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,478
  4. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 3,383
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 3,091
  6. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,070
  7. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,722
  8. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,290
  9. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,177
  10. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,158

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,293
  2. QUALCOMM US 7,085
  3. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,982
  4. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 4,641
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 3,863
  6. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,409
  7. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,874
  8. SK HYNIX KR 2,644
  9. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,545
  10. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,437