CPC technology class · G10

G10B — Organs

Organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus. 27 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year filing trajectory.

27
US patents granted
G10
Parent CPC class
1
Active assignees
+186%
5-yr velocity
Top assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION (17 patents)

CPC subclass G10B — ORGANS, HARMONIUMS OR SIMILAR WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED BLOWING APPARATUS — covers 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class G10 (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS), 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 G10B 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 G10B is shaped by 1 distinct companies actively filing in this space. YAMAHA CORPORATION leads with 17 patents. 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 G10B 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 G10B innovation accelerating?

US utility-patent grants per year in G10B, 2015–2025 — recent five years are up 186% versus 2015–2019.

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Who leads G10B?

The 12 most active assignees in ORGANS, HARMONIUMS OR SIMILAR WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED BLOWING APPARATUS — wider bars mean more grants

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What this shows Yamaha is the most active filer in G10B, holding 17 of the 27 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView — granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
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Top patent holders in CPC subclass G10B
Rank Company Patents in G10B
#1 KABUSHIKI KAISHA KAWAI GAKKI SEISAKUSHO 41

About This Class

CPC subclass G10B belongs to class G10.

27 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.

1 companies actively patent in this space.

Classification System

Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPC class G10B?
CPC subclass G10B covers ORGANS, HARMONIUMS OR SIMILAR WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED BLOWING APPARATUS. It belongs to CPC class G10 (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS). The Cooperative Patent Classification is a hierarchical system used by the USPTO and European Patent Office to categorize patents by technology.
How many patents have been filed in G10B?
27 US utility patents were granted in CPC subclass G10B between 2015 and 2025, based on USPTO PatentsView data.
Which company holds the most patents in G10B?
YAMAHA CORPORATION leads G10B with 17 patents, making it the most active assignee in this technology area.
How is patent data for G10B collected?
Patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It covers all US granted utility patents and assigns CPC codes based on the technology described in each patent.
What is the difference between CPC class and subclass?
A CPC class (e.g., G10) is a broad technology category. Subclasses like G10B provide finer granularity within that category. PlainPatent organizes data at the subclass level (4-character codes) for the most useful view of technology domains.

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Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView — official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial