International Patent Classification (IPC) - IT support area - Edition 20060101 - Statistics
IPC-8 Statistics
See detailed definitions of IPC-8 statistics: IPCR_ statistics-specification_V1.05.doc (MS-Word).
See detailed IPC-8 statistics figures: IPCR_ statistics-20060101_V1.05.doc
Summary table:
Section |
No. of classes |
No. of subclasses |
No. of main groups |
No. of subgroups |
Total no. of groups |
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CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
|
A |
16 |
16 |
84 |
84 |
1,093 |
1,103 |
1,343 |
7,290 |
2,436 |
8,393 |
B |
37 |
37 |
165 |
167 |
1,778 |
1,974 |
2,361 |
14,570 |
4,139 |
16,544 |
C |
21 |
21 |
91 |
93 |
1,304 |
1,326 |
1,124 |
13,121 |
2,428 |
14,447 |
D |
9 |
9 |
39 |
39 |
348 |
349 |
179 |
2,611 |
527 |
2,960 |
E |
8 |
8 |
31 |
31 |
317 |
318 |
454 |
2,900 |
771 |
3,218 |
F |
18 |
18 |
95 |
97 |
1,036 |
1,037 |
858 |
7,297 |
1,894 |
8,334 |
G |
14 |
14 |
79 |
79 |
679 |
692 |
1,862 |
6,789 |
2,541 |
7,481 |
H |
6 |
6 |
49 |
49 |
511 |
516 |
1,866 |
6,825 |
2,377 |
7,341 |
Total |
129 |
129 |
633 |
639 |
7,066 |
7,315 |
10,047 |
61,403 |
17,113 |
68,718 |
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