G04C 3/14
Incorporating a stepping motor
Official title: incorporating a stepping motor (G04C3/02 - G04C3/12 take precedence {; generating commutating pulses in primary clocks G04C13/0463})
G04C3/14 (Incorporating a stepping motor) appears on 651 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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| 2024 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Information display mechanism, timepiece movement, and timepiece14 Apr 2026US 12,602,010 B2Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha
- Stepping motor control device, movement, watch, and stepping motor control method24 Feb 2026US 12,562,661 B2Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha
- Timepiece with quartz movement in oil bath16 Dec 2025US 12,498,673 B2Hi-Tek Office S.R.L.
- Electronic watch and electronic watch control method14 Oct 2025US 12,443,147 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Electronic timepiece, drive control method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310134 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Electronic timepiece, drive control method, and recording medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310135 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Drive control device, electronic timepiece, drive control method, and storage medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288076 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Drive control device, electronic timepiece, drive control method, and storage medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288077 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Hand movement control device, electronic timepiece, hand movement control method, and storage medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288078 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Timepiece comprising a capacitive sensing device118US 6,252,825 B1ETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches · 2001
- Analog wristwatch paging receiver102US 5,475,653 ASeiko Communications Holding N.V. · 1995
- Step-by-step motor unit95US 4,550,279 AFabriques d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon S.A. · 1985
- Wearable electronic device with multiple display functionality86US 7,113,450 B2Timex Group B. V. · 2006
- Chronograph watch with date indicator81US 5,473,580 AETA SA Fabrique d'Ebauches · 1995