International Patent Classification (IPC) - IT support area - Edition 20120101 - Statistics
IPC Statistics
See detailed definitions of IPC statistics: IPC_statistics-specification_V2.1.doc (MS-Word).
See detailed IPC statistics figures: IPC_statistics-20120101_V2.0.doc
Summary table:
| Section | No. of classes | No. of subclasses | No. of main groups | No. of subgroups | Total no. of groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 16 | 84 | 1108 | 7377 | 8'485 |
| B | 37 | 166 | 1993 | 14748 | 16'741 |
| C | 21 | 86 | 1328 | 13141 | 14'469 |
| D | 9 | 39 | 350 | 2700 | 3'050 |
| E | 8 | 31 | 318 | 2932 | 3'250 |
| F | 18 | 95 | 1064 | 7464 | 8'528 |
| G | 14 | 80 | 694 | 7051 | 7'745 |
| H | 6 | 50 | 538 | 7546 | 8'084 |
| Total | 129 | 631 | 7393 | 62959 | 70'352 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EN | 495 | 519 | 116 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 1183 |
| FR | 506 | 519 | 116 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1183 |
| Total | 1001 | 1038 | 232 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 2366 |
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| Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in English | Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in French |