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H04H 60/29

Arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services

Introduced: January 2008

Full Title

Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems > Arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Subclass:
BROADCAST COMMUNICATION

Filing statistics

IPC H04H 60/29 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

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H04H 60/31 Arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services
  • H04H 60/32 Arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations, e.g. malfunction or breakdown of receiving stations
  • H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327