H04H 20/86 Arrangements characterised by special technical features of the broadcast information, e.g. signal form or information format
Introduced: January 2008
Full Title
Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast > Arrangements characterised by special technical features of the broadcast information, e.g. signal form or information format
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- Subclass:
- BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
Filing statistics
IPC H04H 20/86 belongs to the parent subclass H04H, which recorded 20,919 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 2,188 in 2013 to 1,090 in 2023 (-50%), peaking at 2,328 applications in 2014. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H04H 20/88 Stereophonic broadcast systems
- H04H 20/91 broadcasting computer programmes
- H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
- H04H 20/95 characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327