IPC Main Group
G11B 11/00 Recording on, or reproducing from, the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods or means are covered by different main groups of groups or by different subgroups of group; Record carriers therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- INFORMATION STORAGE
- Subclass:
- INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G11B 11/03 using recording by deforming with non-mechanical means, e.g. laser, beam of particles
- G11B 11/08 using recording by electric charge or by variation of electric resistance or capacitance
- G11B 11/1 using recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation
- G11B 11/12 using recording by optical means
- G11B 11/16 using recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing
- G11B 11/24 using recording by near-field interactions
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
- SK HYNIX KR 9,138
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
- INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
- WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
- TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472