- 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: 987
10-year publication summary
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29
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71
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86
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137
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144
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141
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154
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126
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97
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62
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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 | 42673 |
85 |
| Adeia Guides Inc. | 3412 |
72 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 27025 |
28 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 61596 |
22 |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 4789 |
20 |
| The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | 2662 |
20 |
| Adeia Media Solutions Inc. | 274 |
19 |
| Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 54000 |
17 |
| Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4094 |
15 |
| AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 9599 |
14 |
| NEC Corporation | 36124 |
13 |
| Snap Inc. | 6009 |
13 |
| Apple Inc. | 55640 |
11 |
| Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4694 |
11 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 147983 |
10 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | 13552 |
10 |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 4426 |
10 |
| Rovi Product Corporation | 230 |
10 |
| Rovi Guides, Inc. | 912 |
9 |
| Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | 14960 |
9 |
| Other owners | 569 |