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IPC Main Group
G06F 16/00

Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Introduced: January 2019

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

Additional Content

Configuration management, in particular source code databases Searching in source code databases Error recovery, backup, mirroring Access control or security in information retrieval systems and repositories; Anonymising queries and database content CAD database applications Business, financial and administrative related applications Image analysis Scenes; Scene-specific elements Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data Musical instruments; music analysis Speech analysis Biological applications Chemical applications Medical applications Code conversion and compression Network protocols, addressing and routing Telephone directories in telephonic communication systems Digital picture intermediate information storage TV guides, electronic programme guides, video distribution, interactive television, VOD (video on demand)

Related Keywords

INFORMATION retrieval

9 direct subcodes

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
  4. GOOGLE US 32,969
  5. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
  9. APPLE US 21,891
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505