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IPC Subgroup
G06K 19/12

the marking being sensed by magnetic means

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings > characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code > using markings of different kinds in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means > at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards > the marking being sensed by magnetic means

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

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