IPC Main Group
G10H 3/00 Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- Subclass:
- ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
Filing statistics
IPC G10H 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass G10H, which recorded 18,271 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,316 in 2013 to 1,713 in 2023 (+30%), peaking at 1,921 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
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G10H 3/02 using mechanical interrupters
- G10H 3/03 using pick-up means for reading recorded waves, e.g. on rotating discs
- G10H 3/12 using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussion instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent device
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