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- G - Physics
- G06F - Electric digital data processing
- G06F 16/78 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
Patent holdings for IPC class G06F 16/78
Total number of patents in this class: 1027
10-year publication summary
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72
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86
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137
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147
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146
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155
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130
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100
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76
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30
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 44540 |
87 |
| Adeia Guides Inc. | 3929 |
76 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 28118 |
29 |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 5192 |
23 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 62671 |
22 |
| The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | 2693 |
21 |
| Adeia Media Solutions Inc. | 263 |
20 |
| Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 54463 |
17 |
| Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4150 |
16 |
| NEC Corporation | 37005 |
15 |
| Snap Inc. | 6750 |
14 |
| AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 10002 |
13 |
| Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 6595 |
13 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 157946 |
12 |
| Apple Inc. | 58885 |
11 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | 12772 |
11 |
| Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | 15982 |
11 |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 4584 |
10 |
| Rovi Product Corporation | 226 |
10 |
| Adobe Inc. | 7532 |
9 |
| Other owners | 587 |