CPC technology class · G09
G09G — Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Device…
Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information. 62,527 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year filing trajectory.
- 62,527
- US patents granted
- G09
- Parent CPC class
- 20
- Active assignees
- +29%
- 5-yr velocity
CPC subclass G09G — ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION — covers 62,527 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class G09 (EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS), one of roughly 250 top-level technology categories in the Cooperative Patent Classification system jointly maintained by the USPTO and the European Patent Office. At the subclass level, four-character codes like G09G give the most practical resolution for tracking a specific technology domain without losing sight of adjacent filings. Every grant here has been classified by a USPTO examiner based on the technical disclosure in the patent specification.
The competitive landscape in G09G is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. leads with 9,877 patents, followed by BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. at 18,263 grants and LG Display Co., Ltd. at 8,410. Concentration at the top of the leaderboard indicates whether this technology area is dominated by a handful of incumbents or fragmented across many filers — a useful signal for investors evaluating competitive moats and for product teams mapping freedom-to-operate risk.
Filing trajectory matters as much as static counts. The yearly series on this page plots grants from 2015 through 2025, highlighting whether innovation in G09G is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling. Technology areas with rising post-2020 activity often reflect emerging markets or new platform shifts, while declining filings can signal mature domains where incremental improvement has slowed. Researchers, licensing professionals, and competitive-intelligence teams use these patterns — together with the top-assignee distribution — to decide where to invest, where to license, and where to avoid entanglement. All counts on this page come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.
Is G09G innovation accelerating?
US utility-patent grants per year in G09G, 2015–2025 — recent five years are up 29% versus 2015–2019.
Who leads G09G?
The 12 most active assignees in ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION — wider bars mean more grants
- Samsung
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
106,890 patents
- Boe Technology Group 18,263
BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18,263 patents
- Lg Display 8,410
LG Display Co., Ltd.
8,410 patents
- Apple 30,560
Apple Inc.
30,560 patents
- Semiconductor Energy… 7,844
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
7,844 patents
- Japan Display 5,401
Japan Display Inc.
5,401 patents
- Sony Group 20,593
SONY GROUP CORPORATION
20,593 patents
- Sharp 8,041
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
8,041 patents
- Tencent Technology (S… 8,039
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
8,039 patents
- Chengdu Boe Optoelect… 2,399
Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
2,399 patents
- Seiko Epson 14,235
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
14,235 patents
- Lg 32,607
LG ELECTRONICS INC.
32,607 patents
What this shows Samsung is the most active filer in G09G, holding 9,877 of the 62,527 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.
View data table
| Rank | Company | Patents in G09G |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 106,890 |
| #2 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | 18,263 |
| #3 | LG Display Co., Ltd. | 8,410 |
| #4 | Apple Inc. | 30,560 |
| #5 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 7,844 |
| #6 | Japan Display Inc. | 5,401 |
| #7 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 20,593 |
| #8 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 8,041 |
| #9 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 8,039 |
| #10 | Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. | 2,399 |
| #11 | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 14,235 |
| #12 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 32,607 |
| #13 | HKC CORPORATION LIMITED | 1,232 |
| #14 | Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. | 2,069 |
| #15 | Intel Corporation | 27,498 |
| #16 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC | 24,392 |
| #17 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 34,378 |
| #18 | Au Optronics Corporation | 1,648 |
| #19 | Google LLC | 24,290 |
| #20 | Novatek Microelectronics Corp. | 1,071 |
About This Class
CPC subclass G09G belongs to class G09.
62,527 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.
20 companies actively patent in this space.
Classification System
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.
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