Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings

Filing statistics

IPC G06K 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06K, which recorded 601,580 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 25,461 in 2013 to 14,926 in 2023 (-41%), peaking at 101,406 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

Additional Content

Transponders powered by received radio waves, e.g. passive transponders Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object Protection against unauthorized use of computer memory Mechanisms activated by coded credit or identity cards for the purpose of vending or hiring goods or services Verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them Arrangements activated by coded cards for dispensing or receiving money and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. ATM's (automatic teller machines) Using a coded card to authorize calls from a telephone set