Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments, e.g. slide-bars

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2020

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
Subclass:: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Filing statistics

IPC G10D 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass G10D, which recorded 17,500 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,334 in 2013 to 1,157 in 2023 (-13%), peaking at 1,948 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

13 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G10D 3/01 Endpins or accessories therefor
G10D 3/02 Resonating means, horns or diaphragms
G10D 3/04 Bridges
G10D 3/046 Mutes; Mute holders
G10D 3/053 Capos, i.e. capo tastos
G10D 3/06 Necks; Fingerboards, e.g. fret boards
G10D 3/1 Strings
G10D 3/12 Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail pieces or hitchpins
G10D 3/14 Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears
G10D 3/16 Bows; Guides for bows; Plectra or similar playing means
G10D 3/18 Chin-rests, hand-rests, shoulder rests or guards being removable from, or integral with the instrument
G10D 3/2 Winding tools separate from the musical instruments, e.g. tuning keys
G10D 3/22 Material for manufacturing stringed musical instruments; Treatment of the material

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