Design features of general application

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:: COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Filing statistics

IPC G06M 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass G06M, which recorded 11,112 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 597 in 2013 to 1,049 in 2023 (+76%), peaking at 1,602 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

Related Keywords

DETENT(S) in mechanical counterspreventing OVERTHROW in mechanical countersPAWLS used in mechanical countersRATCHET mechanisms in counters

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G06M 1/02 Housing
G06M 1/04 for driving the stage of lowest order
G06M 1/08 for actuating the drive
G06M 1/14 for transferring a condition from one stage to a higher stage
G06M 1/22 for visual indication of the result of count on counting mechanisms, e.g. by window with magnifying lens
G06M 1/27 for representing the result of count in the form of electric signals, e.g. by sensing markings on the counter drum
G06M 1/28 for zeroising or setting to a particular value
G06M 1/38 for varying ratio of drive or transfer mechanism, e.g. by using alternative counting trains

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