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G10C 3/16

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Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2019

Full Title

Details or accessories > Actions

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
Subclass:
PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, SPINETS OR SIMILAR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ONE OR MORE KEYBOARDS

Filing statistics

IPC G10C 3/16 belongs to the parent subclass G10C, which recorded 3,810 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 223 in 2013 to 288 in 2023 (+29%), peaking at 466 applications in 2020. 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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  • G10C 3/165 for plucking the strings
  • G10C 3/166 for damping the strings
  • G10C 3/168 with hanging jacks, i.e. jacks connected to hammer-butts or hammer-shanks
  • G10C 3/18 Hammers
  • G10C 3/2 involving the use of hydraulic, pneumatic or electromagnetic means
  • G10C 3/24 Repetition [tremolo] mechanisms

Top Applicants

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

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