G04G 9/06
Using light valves
Official title: using light valves, e.g. liquid crystals
G04G9/06 (Using light valves) appears on 84 US grants and 59 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04G- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 59
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 164
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Clock faces for an electronic device10 Mar 2026US 12,572,254 B2Apple Inc.
- Watch skins selection application with blockchain token9 Dec 2025US 12,493,865 B2Watch Skins Corporation
- Systems and methods for creating a customized watch face and retrieving the watch face to be displayed15 Apr 2025US 12,276,946 B2Watch Skins Corporation
- Method for manufacturing a digital display device and digital display device1 Oct 2024US 12,105,385 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Digital display device comprising two superimposed display cells and timepiece comprising such a display device2 Jan 2024US 11,860,486 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Watch skins selection application with blockchain token26 Mar 2026US 2026/0087471 A1Watch Skins Corporation
- User interfaces for indicating time12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072405 A1Apple Inc.
- Systems and methods for creating a customized watch face and retrieving the watch face to be displayed3 Jul 2025US 2025/0216817 A1Watch Skins Corporation
- Display method and electronic device23 May 2024US 2024/0168779 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for creating a customized watch face and retrieving the watch face to be displayed14 Dec 2023US 2023/0400816 A1Watch Skins Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clock faces for an electronic device160US 10,620,590 B1Apple Inc. · 2020
- Timepiece with a mobile display115US 5,455,808 AAsulab S. A. · 1995
- Saturation drive arrangements for optically bistable displays79US 3,982,239 ANorth Hills Electronics, Inc. · 1976
- Displaying notifications on a watchface57US 9,377,762 B2Google Technology Holdings LLC · 2016
- Clock faces for an electronic device56US 10,788,797 B1Apple Inc. · 2020