D06F 34/30
Characterised by mechanical features
Official title: characterised by mechanical features, e.g. buttons or rotary dials
D06F34/30 (Characterised by mechanical features) appears on 154 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 501
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 13 |
| 2018 | 8 | 4 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 38 |
| 2025 | 10 | 41 |
| 2026 | 16 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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