- All sections
- G - Physics
- G06F - Electric digital data processing
- G06F 16/68 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
Patent holdings for IPC class G06F 16/68
Total number of patents in this class: 766
10-year publication summary
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32
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51
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128
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121
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135
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106
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87
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95
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55
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21
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Gracenote, Inc. | 505 |
37 |
| Spotify AB | 1010 |
34 |
| Sonos, Inc. | 2859 |
31 |
| Adeia Guides Inc. | 3923 |
30 |
| Google LLC | 44482 |
28 |
| Xmatrix LLC | 66 |
27 |
| TouchTunes Music Company, LLC | 209 |
26 |
| Apple Inc. | 58742 |
24 |
| Tunego, Inc. | 28 |
21 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 28087 |
20 |
| Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 54466 |
16 |
| Sony Group Corporation | 15642 |
15 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 157719 |
13 |
| Nike, Inc. | 14820 |
11 |
| iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. | 369 |
11 |
| The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | 2692 |
9 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 62634 |
8 |
| Snap Inc. | 6743 |
8 |
| Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | 15963 |
8 |
| Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4149 |
8 |
| Other owners | 381 |