B60Q 3/16
Circuits
Official title: Circuits; Control arrangements
B60Q3/16 (Circuits) appears on 309 US grants and 277 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Q- Granted patents
- 309
- Published applications
- 277
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 811
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13 |
| 2016 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017 | 15 | 22 |
| 2018 | 15 | 29 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 |
| 2020 | 25 | 21 |
| 2021 | 11 | 15 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11 |
| 2026 | 7 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Light emitting device30 Jun 2026US 12,668,176 B2Innolux Corporation
- Vehicle side-view mirror system9 Jun 2026US 12,649,420 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Control system and method for enhancing vehicle driving experience26 May 2026US 12,637,001 B1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Data processing device and data processing method7 Apr 2026US 12,594,881 B2Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Light system control method, light system, and vehicle17 Mar 2026US 12,576,781 B2Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Interior light control apparatus and method of controlling interior light1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296302 A1Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation
- Light System Control Method, Light System, and Vehicle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264608 A1Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Motor vehicle with electronically controlled interior lighting system that is reconfigurable from a remote server, and related control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257619 A1Stellantis Europe S.p.A.
- Direction and request-based vehicle illumination13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239517 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ambient output system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225446 A1Bentley Motors Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Display for automatic rearview mirror808US 5,530,240 ADonnelly Corporation · 1996
- Display for automatic rearview mirror697US 5,285,060 ADonnelly Corporation · 1994
- Information display for rearview mirrors647US 4,882,565 ADonnelly Corporation · 1989
- Display for automatic rearview mirror560US 5,416,313 ADonnelly Corporation · 1995
- Kinetic illumination system and methods418US 7,038,398 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2006