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IPC Subgroup
G11B 5/127

Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive

Introduced: January 1985

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor > Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
INFORMATION STORAGE
Subclass:
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER

Filing statistics

IPC G11B 5/127 belongs to the parent subclass G11B, which recorded 61,937 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 8,033 in 2013 to 4,203 in 2023 (-48%). The most active applicants in class G11 are MICRON TECHNOLOGY (10,574 applications), SK HYNIX (9,138 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (9,004 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G11B 5/133 with cores composed of particles, e.g. with dust cores, with ferrite cores
  • G11B 5/17 Construction or disposition of windings
  • G11B 5/265 Structure or manufacture of a head with more than one gap for erasing, recording or reproducing on the same track
  • G11B 5/29 Structure or manufacture of unitary devices formed of plural heads for more than one track
  • G11B 5/31 using thin film
  • G11B 5/325 Erasing heads using permanent magnets

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