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G06F 9/44

Arrangements for executing specific programs

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2018

Full Title

Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units > using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs > Arrangements for executing specific programs

Classification Context

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

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping
  • G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating
  • G06F 9/448 Execution paradigms, e.g. implementations of programming paradigms
  • G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
  • G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines

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