G04G 9/00
Visual time or date indication means
G04G9/00 (Visual time or date indication means) appears on 1,818 US grants and 1,482 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04G- Granted patents
- 1,818
- Published applications
- 1,482
- Assignees
- 495
- Inventors
- 3,213
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 70 | 0 |
| 1977 | 69 | 0 |
| 1978 | 83 | 0 |
| 1979 | 35 | 0 |
| 1980 | 68 | 0 |
| 1981 | 71 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 34 | 0 |
| 1984 | 30 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 9 |
| 2002 | 24 | 29 |
| 2003 | 41 | 42 |
| 2004 | 22 | 42 |
| 2005 | 10 | 46 |
| 2006 | 30 | 39 |
| 2007 | 19 | 46 |
| 2008 | 21 | 46 |
| 2009 | 19 | 29 |
| 2010 | 26 | 31 |
| 2011 | 14 | 31 |
| 2012 | 26 | 21 |
| 2013 | 25 | 35 |
| 2014 | 23 | 41 |
| 2015 | 31 | 66 |
| 2016 | 53 | 99 |
| 2017 | 60 | 128 |
| 2018 | 74 | 95 |
| 2019 | 89 | 101 |
| 2020 | 77 | 94 |
| 2021 | 57 | 77 |
| 2022 | 62 | 79 |
| 2023 | 72 | 80 |
| 2024 | 90 | 59 |
| 2025 | 51 | 68 |
| 2026 | 44 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G04G 9/0064In which functions not related to time can be displayed631
- G04G 9/08Visual time or date indication means: by building-up characters using a combination353
- G04G 9/0076In which the time in another time-zone or in another city can269
- G04G 9/0023Visual time or date indication means: by light valves in general245
- G04G 9/02Visual time or date indication means: by selecting desired characters out of240
- G04G 9/0082Visual time or date indication means: by building-up characters using a combination239
- G04G 9/0005Transmission of control signals65
- G04G 9/0017In which the light emitting display elements may be activated at will50
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Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for providing, modifying, and/or interacting with user interfaces24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288080 A1Apple Inc.
- Electronic timepiece17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277166 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- User interfaces related to time17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277428 A1Apple Inc.
- Wearable device and method for providing watch face10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267293 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bezel based input mechanism and user interface for a smart watch574US 6,556,222 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2003
- Wearable device with flexible display387US 5,931,764 AViztec, Inc. · 1999
- Athletic watch317US 8,562,489 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2013
- Continuously variable color display device261US 4,845,481 A1989
- Efficient use of display real estate in a wrist watch display260US 6,525,997 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2003