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DIFF Subgroup
H03M 7/30

Compression (speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N); Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Introduced: January 1985

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

CPC: Compression (speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N); Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits > Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

CPC:

Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits > Compression (speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N); Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 12 additional codes.

12 codes are CPC-only extensions, 2 exist only in IPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

Child Classifications

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  • H03M 7/3053 CPC only CPC only
  • H03M 7/3055 CPC only CPC only
  • H03M 7/3057 CPC only CPC only
  • H03M 7/3066 CPC only CPC only
  • H03M 7/3082 CPC only CPC only
  • H03M 7/50 Conversion to or from non-linear codes, e.g. companding since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H03M 7/55 CPC only CPC only

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