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Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2019

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
Subclass:: ORGANS, HARMONIUMS OR SIMILAR WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED BLOWING APPARATUS

Filing statistics

IPC G10B 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass G10B, which recorded 686 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 71 in 2013 to 29 in 2023 (-59%), peaking at 123 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class G10 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (5,218 applications), GOOGLE (4,644 applications) and FRAUNHOFER (4,601 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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G10B 3/02 Blowers
G10B 3/04 Reservoirs
G10B 3/06 Valves; Sleeves
G10B 3/08 Pipes, e.g. open pipes or reed pipes
G10B 3/1 Actions, e.g. key actions, couplers or stops
G10B 3/12 Keys or keyboards; Manuals
G10B 3/14 Pedals or pedal boards
G10B 3/16 Swell chambers; Accentuating means
G10B 3/18 Tremolo-producing devices
G10B 3/2 Transposing devices
G10B 3/22 Details of electric action systems for organs, e.g. contacts therein
G10B 3/24 Cases

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,218
GOOGLE US 4,644
FRAUNHOFER DE 4,601
SONY CORPORATION JP 2,380
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 2,179
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2,120
IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,974
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 1,916
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES US 1,866
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION US 1,843