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G10F 1/18

to be played by a bow

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Automatic musical instruments > Stringed instruments other than pianofortes > to be played by a bow

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
Subclass:
AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Filing statistics

IPC G10F 1/18 belongs to the parent subclass G10F, which recorded 1,157 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 100 in 2013 to 75 in 2023 (-25%), peaking at 157 applications in 2018. 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

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