DIFF Main Group
H04L 27/00 Modulated-carrier systems
Introduced: September 1968
CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.
7 codes are CPC-only extensions.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- H04L 27/02 Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation (H04L27/32 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 27/10 Frequency-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using frequency-shift keying (H04L27/32 takes precedence) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying (H04L27/32 takes precedence) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 27/26 Systems using multi-frequency codes (H04L27/32 takes precedence) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 27/32 Carrier systems characterised by combinations of two or more of the types covered by groups H04L27/02, H04L27/10, H04L27/18 or H04L27/26 since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
- QUALCOMM US 101,139
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
- SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
- INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498