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G03G 17/00

Electrographic processes using patterns other than charge patterns, e.g. an electric conductivity pattern; Processes involving a migration, e.g. photoelectrophoresis, photoelectrosolography; Processes involving a selective transfer, e.g. electrophoto-adhesive processes; Apparatus essentially involving a single such process

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
Subclass:
ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

Filing statistics

IPC G03G 17/00 belongs to the parent subclass G03G, which recorded 119,063 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 13,637 in 2013 to 6,953 in 2023 (-49%). The most active applicants in class G03 are CANON (31,416 applications), CANON (17,469 applications) and KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS (9,845 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G03G 17/02 with electrolytic development
  • G03G 17/08 using an electrophoto-adhesive process, e.g. manifold imaging
  • G03G 17/1 using migration imaging, e.g. photoelectrosolography

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CANON 31,416
  2. CANON JP 17,469
  3. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 9,845
  4. RICOH COMPANY 9,807
  5. ASML NETHERLANDS NL 9,427
  6. FUJIFILM JP 7,225
  7. KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 7,216
  8. FUJI XEROX COMPANY 5,711
  9. CARL ZEISS SMT DE 4,971
  10. RICOH COMPANY JP 4,123