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G07C 9/28

the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Introduced: January 2020

Full Title

Individual registration on entry or exit > involving the use of a pass > the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
CHECKING-DEVICES
Subclass:
TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

Filing statistics

IPC G07C 9/28 belongs to the parent subclass G07C, which recorded 156,155 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 5,879 in 2013 to 13,226 in 2023 (+125%), peaking at 21,985 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G07 are TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION (3,312 applications), IGT (2,296 applications) and SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY (2,232 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 3,312
  2. IGT US 2,296
  3. SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY 2,232
  4. SHENZHEN YIHUA TIME TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,144
  5. SHENZHEN YIHUA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE 2,055
  6. ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,651
  7. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,586
  8. OKI ELECTRIC IND COMPANY 1,497
  9. GLORY 1,424
  10. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,379