G04B 23/12
Alarm watches to be worn in pockets or on the wrist
Official title: Alarm watches to be worn in pockets or on the wrist (giving signals by stimulating the skin G04B25/04)
G04B23/12 (Alarm watches to be worn in pockets or on the wrist) appears on 30 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 11
- Inventors
- 40
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Sound-generating timepiece2 Sep 2025US 12,405,577 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Timepiece comprising a vibration-amplifying device8 Jul 2025US 12,353,171 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Striking mechanism, watch and regulator26 Sep 2023US 11,768,468 B2Bucherer AG
- Arrangement for the holding and vibration transmission of an acoustic radiating membrane in a watch case22 Nov 2022US 11,507,023 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Torque smoothing for a timepiece, particularly with a striking mechanism6 Sep 2022US 11,435,696 B2Blancpain SA
- Timepiece comprising a vibration-amplifying device1 Dec 2022US 2022/0382217 A1Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Sound-generating timepiece1 Dec 2022US 2022/0382218 A1Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Arrangement for the holding and vibration transmission of an acoustic radiating membrane in a watch case17 Jun 2021US 2021/0181684 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Striking mechanism, watch and regulator3 Jun 2021US 2021/0165370 A1Bucherer AG
- Torque smoothing for a timepiece, particularly with a striking mechanism20 Jun 2019US 2019/0187617 A1Blancpain SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Timepiece such as a wristwatch including an alarm mechanism13US 7,065,005 B2Frederic Piguet S.A. · 2006
- Wristwatch with sound-making device6US 4,180,970 AKabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha · 1980
- Timepiece movement fitted with a vibrating alarm6US 7,896,542 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2011
- Alarm strike using the grand strike4US 8,599,651 B2Montres Breguet S. A. · 2013
- Stopping mechanism for timepiece striking mechanism3US 10,732,570 B2Blancpain SA · 2020