G04G 9/0082
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G04G9/0082 (Visual time or date indication means: by building-up characters using a combination) appears on 239 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04G- Granted patents
- 239
- Published applications
- 161
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 396
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2002 | 9 | 9 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2018 | 10 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Timer21 Jul 2026US 12,687,819 B2
- Module and timepiece21 Apr 2026US 12,607,969 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Display device16 Dec 2025US 12,501,801 B2Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd.
- Display method and electronic device9 Dec 2025US 12,493,400 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Method and device for tactilely reading time on a touch screen6 May 2025US 12,293,020 B2
- Module and timepiece23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211377 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Display device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0206440 A1Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd.
- Liquid crystal device for a timepiece12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044037 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Timer11 Sep 2025US 2025/0284247 A1
- Electronic timepiece, method for controlling timepiece, and recording medium31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244719 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Efficient use of display real estate in a wrist watch display260US 6,525,997 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2003
- Timepiece129US 6,580,479 B1Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Timepiece125US 6,414,910 B1Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Time sensing device120US 6,449,219 B12002
- Device for displaying variable data for small screens117US 7,035,170 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2006