G04F 8/08
Means used apart from the time-piece for starting or stopping same
G04F8/08 (Means used apart from the time-piece for starting or stopping same) appears on 133 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04F- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 90
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 169
- Latest grant
- 4 Jun 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 | 3 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 7 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 7 | 16 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Swimming timer4 Jun 2024US 11,998,830 B2
- Pointer controller and pointer control method13 Feb 2024US 11,899,408 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Device for measuring passing time of runner14 Feb 2023US 11,580,787 B2Yy-Factory Inc.
- Apparatus and method for the detection of timing components in swimming pools7 Dec 2021US 11,192,016 B2Everlast Climbing Industries, Inc.
- Force sensor, particularly for a touch pad30 Nov 2021US 11,190,184 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Racetrack timing method, system and apparatus, storage medium, and vehicle4 Sep 2025US 2025/0278958 A1Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for improved measurement of the time of passage on a timekeeping line14 Apr 2022US 2022/0111285 A1Swiss Timing Ltd
- Swimming timer10 Feb 2022US 2022/0040554 A1
- Pointer controller and pointer control method26 Aug 2021US 2021/0263478 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Device for measuring passing time of runner20 Jun 2019US 2019/0188922 A1Yy-Factory Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sport monitoring system for determining airtime, speed, power absorbed and other factors such as drop distance559US 6,539,336 B1PhatRat Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Shoes and garments employing one or more of accelerometers, wireless transmitters, processors, altimeters, to determine information such as speed to persons wearing the shoes or garments359US 7,457,724 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2008
- Systems and methods for determining performance data346US 7,092,846 B2PhatRat Technology, Inc. · 2006
- System and methods for determining performance data298US 6,959,259 B2PhatRat Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Systems for assessing athletic performance293US 7,072,789 B2PhatRat Technology, Inc. · 2006