Instruments in which the tones are generated by means of electronic generators

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 5/00 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

Related Keywords

GENERATION of electricity in electrophonic musical instruments

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Child Classifications

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G10H 5/02 using generation of basic tones
G10H 5/1 using generation of non-sinusoidal basic tones, e.g. sawtooth
G10H 5/14 using electromechanical resonators, e.g. quartz crystals, as frequency-determining elements
G10H 5/16 using cathode ray tubes

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