G04G 21/08
Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
G04G21/08 (Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces) appears on 623 US grants and 758 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04G- Granted patents
- 623
- Published applications
- 758
- Assignees
- 187
- Inventors
- 1,447
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 51 |
| 2016 | 16 | 71 |
| 2017 | 34 | 76 |
| 2018 | 44 | 70 |
| 2019 | 69 | 63 |
| 2020 | 67 | 63 |
| 2021 | 59 | 53 |
| 2022 | 50 | 51 |
| 2023 | 40 | 63 |
| 2024 | 61 | 47 |
| 2025 | 35 | 55 |
| 2026 | 30 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rotatable control button assembly for a wearable device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,590 B2Garmin International, Inc.
- Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,388 B2
- Electronic device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,365 B2Goertek Technology Co., Ltd.
- Corrector button and method for assembling such a corrector button onto a watch case25 Aug 2026US 12,717,277 B2Meco Corporation
- Button mechanism and wearable device including the same25 Aug 2026US 12,717,284 B2Goertek Inc.
- Wearable electronic device and method for operating same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310256 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- User interfaces related to time17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277428 A1Apple Inc.
- Clock faces for an electronic device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267462 A1Apple Inc.
- Reduced-size interfaces for managing alerts13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236115 A1Apple Inc.
- Electronic device comprising key assembly6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229424 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling scroller speed employed for a user interface of a wearable appliance378US 7,081,905 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2006
- Athletic watch317US 8,562,489 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2013
- Watch-type wearable device232US 10,222,750 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2019
- Timepiece with touch-type reading and control of time data196US 7,031,228 B2Asulab S. A. · 2006
- Smartwatch device and method186US 9,939,784 B12018