IoT characterised by the purpose of the information processing

Introduced: January 2020

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
Subclass:: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]

Additional Content

maintenance The use of IoT for keeping an object condition to a certain level. management The use of IoT for controlling an object under some policies or in order to achieve objective.

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G16Y 40/1 Detection; Monitoring
G16Y 40/2 Analytics; Diagnosis
G16Y 40/3 Control
G16Y 40/4 Maintenance of things
G16Y 40/5 Safety; Security of things, users, data or systems
G16Y 40/6 Positioning; Navigation

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
ILLUMINA US 1,097
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
FUJIFILM JP 990
PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
ROCHE CH 864