IPC Subgroup
G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
Introduced: January 2019
Full Title
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor > Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types > Retrieval from the web > Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
- G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
- G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
- G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
- G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
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