IPC Subgroup
G06F 30/3 Circuit design
Introduced: January 2020
Full Title
Computer-aided design [CAD] > Circuit design
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06F 30/31 Design entry, e.g. editors specifically adapted for circuit design
- G06F 30/32 Circuit design at the digital level
- G06F 30/34 for reconfigurable circuits, e.g. field programmable gate arrays [FPGA] or programmable logic devices [PLD]
- G06F 30/35 Delay-insensitive circuit design, e.g. asynchronous or self-timed
- G06F 30/36 Circuit design at the analogue level
- G06F 30/38 Circuit design at the mixed level of analogue and digital signals
- G06F 30/39 Circuit design at the physical level
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