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IPC Main Group
G11B 3/00

Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing, e.g. of grooves or pits; Reproducing by mechanical sensing; 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

Related Keywords

CUTTING to form grooves in gramophone recordsPRESSING of grooves into gramophone records during recording

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G11B 3/58 Cleaning record carriers or styli, e.g. removing shavings or dust
  • G11B 3/64 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one grooved record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers
  • G11B 3/66 Erasing information, e.g. for reuse of record carrier

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
  2. SK HYNIX KR 9,138
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
  4. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
  5. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
  7. SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
  8. WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
  9. TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
  10. SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472