- All sections
- 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: 957
10-year publication summary
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31
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71
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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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126
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97
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35
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 41766 |
83 |
| Adeia Guides Inc. | 3155 |
68 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 26440 |
27 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 60907 |
22 |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 4604 |
20 |
| The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | 2635 |
20 |
| Adeia Media Solutions Inc. | 273 |
19 |
| Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 53472 |
17 |
| Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4064 |
15 |
| AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 9459 |
13 |
| Snap Inc. | 5689 |
12 |
| Apple Inc. | 54416 |
11 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | 13557 |
10 |
| NEC Corporation | 35291 |
10 |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 4373 |
10 |
| Rovi Product Corporation | 231 |
10 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 143812 |
9 |
| Rovi Guides, Inc. | 943 |
9 |
| Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | 14515 |
9 |
| Adobe Inc. | 7101 |
9 |
| Other owners | 554 |