IPC Subgroup
H03M 7/4 Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits > Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction > Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- Subclass:
- CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 5,625
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,496
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 5,478
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 3,383
- INTEL CORPORATION US 3,091
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS US 3,070
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,722
- SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS US 2,290
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,177
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,158