- 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: 735
10-year publication summary
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27
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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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105
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86
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93
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36
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Spotify AB | 946 |
34 |
| Gracenote, Inc. | 469 |
33 |
| Sonos, Inc. | 2610 |
30 |
| Google LLC | 42135 |
28 |
| TouchTunes Music Company, LLC | 208 |
28 |
| Xmatrix LLC | 66 |
27 |
| Adeia Guides Inc. | 3251 |
26 |
| Apple Inc. | 54773 |
24 |
| Tunego, Inc. | 28 |
20 |
| Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 26646 |
19 |
| Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 53693 |
16 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 145864 |
12 |
| Nike, Inc. | 14122 |
11 |
| iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. | 371 |
11 |
| Sony Group Corporation | 13785 |
11 |
| The Nielsen Company (US), LLC | 2647 |
9 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 61210 |
8 |
| Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited | 14725 |
8 |
| Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 4077 |
8 |
| Snap Inc. | 5833 |
7 |
| Other owners | 365 |