Visual time or date indication means

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: HOROLOGY
Subclass:: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES

Filing statistics

IPC G04G 9/00 belongs to the parent subclass G04G, which recorded 20,247 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,193 in 2013 to 1,834 in 2023 (+54%), peaking at 2,201 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class G04 are THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (1,570 applications), ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE (1,409 applications) and CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY (1,172 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

visual time or date indicators for electronic time-pieces

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Child Classifications

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G04G 9/02 by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
G04G 9/08 by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CH 1,570
ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE CH 1,409
CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY 1,172
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1,100
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 768
NIVAROX-FAR CH 750
MONTRES BREGUET CH 707
APPLE US 706
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 648
CITIZEN WATCH COMPANY 578