X-RAY TECHNIQUE

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: ELECTRICITY
Class:: ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: X-RAY TECHNIQUE

Description

H05G covers X-ray generation, production, and technical applications excluding medical diagnostic imaging and therapeutic irradiation devices. This subclass encompasses X-ray tubes, high-voltage equipment for X-ray production, X-ray diffraction and crystallography apparatus, and industrial X-ray inspection systems. It includes the design of X-ray sources, cooling systems, target materials, and associated electrical circuits necessary for X-ray generation and control. Medical X-ray equipment and therapeutic applications are classified separately in other IPC sections.

Additional Content

Investigating or analysing materials by the use of X-rays Apparatus for X-ray photography X-ray tubes TV systems having X-ray input

Related Keywords

CIRCUITS for operating X-ray apparatusDIFFRACTION of X-raysmeasuring or recording EXPOSURE to X-raysIRRADIATION with X-raysX-ray techniquesX-RAY(S) techniques

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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H05G 1/00 X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; Circuits therefor
H05G 2/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays, not involving X-ray tubes, e.g. involving generation of a plasma

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 7,201
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6,828
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 3,988
LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,564
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,533
SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 3,310
FUJI JP 2,870
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 2,675
GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2,665
MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 2,634