International Patent Classification (IPC) - IT support area - Edition 20100101 - Statistics
IPC Statistics
See detailed definitions of IPC statistics: IPCR_ statistics-specification_V1.06.doc (MS-Word).
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 |
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CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
CL |
AL |
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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 |
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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 |