International Patent Classification (IPC) - IT support area - Edition 20150101 - Statistics
IPC Statistics
See detailed definitions of IPC statistics: IPC_statistics-specification_V2.2.doc (MS-Word).
See detailed IPC statistics figures: IPC_statistics-20150101_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 | 1'108 | 7'605 | 8'713 |
| B | 38 | 169 | 1'992 | 14'874 | 16'866 |
| C | 21 | 87 | 1'321 | 13'155 | 14'476 |
| D | 9 | 39 | 350 | 2'700 | 3'050 |
| E | 8 | 31 | 323 | 3'087 | 3'410 |
| F | 18 | 97 | 1'064 | 7'520 | 8'584 |
| G | 14 | 81 | 696 | 7'345 | 8'041 |
| H | 6 | 51 | 548 | 8'046 | 8'594 |
| Total | 130 | 639 | 7'402 | 64'332 | 71'734 |
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 | 401 | 345 | 70 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 868 |
| FR | 407 | 345 | 70 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 868 |
| Total | 808 | 690 | 140 | 78 | 20 | 0 | 1736 |
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| Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in English | Number of words included in the IPC Scheme in French |