International Patent Classification (IPC) - IT support area - Edition 20100101 - Statistics

IPC Statistics

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See detailed IPC statistics figures: IPCR_ statistics-20100101_V1.1.doc

Summary table:

Section	No. of classes		No. of subclasses		No. of main groups		No. of subgroups		Total no. of groups
	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL
A	16	16	84	84	1'094	1'105	1'344	7'326	2'438	8'431
B	37	37	165	165	1'788	1'984	2'362	14'636	4'150	16'620
C	21	21	91	91	1'306	1'328	1'124	13'119	2'430	14'447
D	9	9	39	39	349	350	179	2'611	528	2'961
E	8	8	31	31	317	318	454	2'900	771	3'218
F	18	18	95	95	1'045	1'046	858	7'330	1'903	8'376
G	14	14	80	80	692	705	1'864	6'890	2'556	7'595
H	6	6	50	50	532	537	1'899	7'241	2'431	7'778
Total	129	129	635	635	7'123	7'373	10'084	62'053	17'207	69'426

 

Number of amendments of various types:

Language	M Modification (m-type)		N New		C Complex modification (c-type)		D Deletion		U Amendment which resulted in no change		R Renumbering		Total of amendments
	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL	CL	AL
EN	274	425	107	421	7	19	51	132	4	13	0	0	443	1010
FR	262	408	107	421	7	18	51	132	16	30	0	0	443	1009
Total	536	833	214	842	14	37	102	264	20	43	0	0	886	2019

 

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Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in English

Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in French