IPC Main Group
G06C 15/00 Computing mechanisms; Actuating devices therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY
Filing statistics
IPC G06C 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06C, which recorded 1,283 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 119 in 2013 to 65 in 2023 (-45%), peaking at 160 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G06 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (66,669 applications), IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (62,313 applications) and MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING (41,918 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
PIN(S) carriage in mechanical digital computers
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06C 15/02 operating on the binary scale
- G06C 15/04 Adding or subtracting devices
- G06C 15/08 Multiplying or dividing devices; Devices for computing the exponent or root
- G06C 15/22 Arrangements for two or more computing devices; Arrangements for subdivision into two or more computing mechanisms, e.g. splitting
- G06C 15/24 Devices for counting the cycles of operation in division or multiplication
- G06C 15/26 Devices for transfer between orders, e.g. tens-transfer device
- G06C 15/42 Devices for resetting to zero or other datum
- G06C 15/44 Devices for comparing numerical values, e.g. zero check
- G06C 15/46 Arrangements for rounding-off
- G06C 15/48 Arrangements for selection of one out of several counting registers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
- GOOGLE US 32,969
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
- INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
- APPLE US 21,891
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505