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Patent subclasses with the strongest growth and steepest decline, measured by compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of IPC filings from 2013 to 2023. Only subclasses with at least 1,000 total filings are included.

G16Y +132.0% compound annual growth rate

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]

22,331 filings · peak 6,113 in 2021

B64U +112.0% compound annual growth rate

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

21,438 filings · peak 12,831 in 2023

H10H +82.5% compound annual growth rate

INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS

5,565 filings · peak 2,046 in 2023

H10F +74.2% compound annual growth rate

INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION

5,597 filings · peak 2,316 in 2023

H10D +63.0% compound annual growth rate

INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

12,210 filings · peak 4,637 in 2023

G16C +43.3% compound annual growth rate

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

20,686 filings · peak 7,083 in 2023

G06N +42.9% compound annual growth rate

COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS

613,242 filings · peak 139,015 in 2023

D06G +40.8% compound annual growth rate

MECHANICAL OR PRESSURE CLEANING OF CARPETS, RUGS, SACKS, HIDES, OR OTHER SKIN OR TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FABRICS; TURNING INSIDE-OUT FLEXIBLE TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES

15,805 filings · peak 3,312 in 2020

B33Y +39.7% compound annual growth rate

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING

144,289 filings · peak 19,180 in 2020

G06V +37.4% compound annual growth rate

IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

380,096 filings · peak 101,211 in 2023

F24T +27.1% compound annual growth rate

GEOTHERMAL COLLECTORS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS

6,275 filings · peak 950 in 2020

B08B +26.6% compound annual growth rate

CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL

711,919 filings · peak 128,011 in 2023

F16M +25.0% compound annual growth rate

FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS

314,804 filings · peak 57,041 in 2023

H02S +24.6% compound annual growth rate

GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES

178,704 filings · peak 30,129 in 2023

B07B +22.1% compound annual growth rate

SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL

222,813 filings · peak 37,823 in 2020

D06H +21.9% compound annual growth rate

MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS

34,771 filings · peak 6,839 in 2020

B27C +21.3% compound annual growth rate

PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

30,601 filings · peak 5,525 in 2020

B07C +21.1% compound annual growth rate

POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING

91,387 filings · peak 13,663 in 2021

B27J +20.7% compound annual growth rate

MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS

7,997 filings · peak 1,372 in 2018

F26B +20.3% compound annual growth rate

DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM

305,945 filings · peak 49,667 in 2020

B41G -23.8% compound annual growth rate

APPARATUS FOR BRONZE PRINTING, LINE PRINTING, OR FOR BORDERING OR EDGING SHEETS OR LIKE ARTICLES; AUXILIARY APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRINTING

1,131 filings · peak 283 in 2016

B82B -18.4% compound annual growth rate

NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF

8,476 filings · peak 1,702 in 2013

G06G -14.4% compound annual growth rate

ANALOGUE COMPUTERS

5,173 filings · peak 842 in 2013

H03J -14.2% compound annual growth rate

TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS

1,256 filings · peak 190 in 2013

H01K -11.7% compound annual growth rate

ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS

2,283 filings · peak 366 in 2013

F01L -10.1% compound annual growth rate

CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES

28,860 filings · peak 3,780 in 2015

F02G -9.5% compound annual growth rate

HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

9,170 filings · peak 1,134 in 2016

H03C -9.4% compound annual growth rate

MODULATION

1,283 filings · peak 191 in 2013

B43M -9.4% compound annual growth rate

BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

6,878 filings · peak 779 in 2018

C13K -9.3% compound annual growth rate

SACCHARIDES OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCES OR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DISACCHARIDES, OLIGOSACCHARIDES OR POLYSACCHARIDES

4,394 filings · peak 658 in 2013

D06L -9.2% compound annual growth rate

DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS

5,729 filings · peak 759 in 2013

F01C -9.2% compound annual growth rate

ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES

7,722 filings · peak 960 in 2016

G09C -9.0% compound annual growth rate

CIPHERING OR DECIPHERING APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OR OTHER PURPOSES INVOLVING THE NEED FOR SECRECY

7,763 filings · peak 951 in 2015

G07D -9.0% compound annual growth rate

HANDLING OF COINS OR OF VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING

30,298 filings · peak 4,415 in 2016

G16Z -8.5% compound annual growth rate

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

8,309 filings · peak 1,574 in 2015

F02P -8.5% compound annual growth rate

IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES

13,076 filings · peak 1,641 in 2014

F01B -8.2% compound annual growth rate

MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES

5,561 filings · peak 691 in 2013

B41N -8.2% compound annual growth rate

PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE OR CONSERVING THEM

5,288 filings · peak 648 in 2016

G04C -8.2% compound annual growth rate

ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES

5,757 filings · peak 665 in 2015

C08C -8.0% compound annual growth rate

TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS

7,557 filings · peak 935 in 2016