G04F 1/00
Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed
Official title: Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed time intervals without driving mechanisms, e.g. egg timers
G04F1/00 (Apparatus which can be set and started to measure-off predetermined or adjustably-fixed) appears on 484 US grants and 389 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04F- Granted patents
- 484
- Published applications
- 389
- Assignees
- 270
- Inventors
- 879
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9 |
| 2005 | 9 | 24 |
| 2006 | 10 | 15 |
| 2007 | 15 | 26 |
| 2008 | 11 | 19 |
| 2009 | 10 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 15 |
| 2011 | 14 | 11 |
| 2012 | 6 | 13 |
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| 2014 | 6 | 18 |
| 2015 | 16 | 22 |
| 2016 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017 | 12 | 18 |
| 2018 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019 | 12 | 16 |
| 2020 | 13 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9 | 19 |
| 2022 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sand glass candle extinguisher28 Jul 2026US 12,693,013 B1
- Visual timer19 May 2026US 12,632,012 B2
- Multifunction sleep training device with remote locking mechanism and methods of operation thereof31 Mar 2026US 12,589,217 B2Hatch Baby, Inc.
- Method and device for calibrating a time base signal in a photovoltaic inverter3 Mar 2026US 12,567,814 B2Fronius International GmbH
- Aerosol generating device including real-time clock and operating method of the same17 Feb 2026US 12,550,943 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Visual countdown task timer device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310138 A1
- Shot timer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267292 A1
- Oxygen-responsive expiration date indicator16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202800 A1
- Multifunction sleep training device with remote locking mechanism and methods of operation thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192082 A1Hatch Baby, Inc.
- Timing device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194863 A1Big Potato Enterprises Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device with time indicating means356US 7,133,329 B2Novo Nordisk A/S · 2006
- Medical timer/monitor and method of monitoring patient status252US 6,014,346 AAccucure, L.L.C. · 2000
- Time indicator187US 5,058,088 A1991
- Time indicator having discrete adhesive172US 5,446,705 ATemtec, Inc. · 1995
- Time indicator enhancement method160US 4,903,254 A1990