G04G 9/08
Visual time or date indication means: by building-up characters using a combination
Official title: by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques {(G04G9/0082 takes precedence)}
G04G9/08 (Visual time or date indication means: by building-up characters using a combination) appears on 353 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04G- Granted patents
- 353
- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 541
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 40 | 0 |
| 1977 | 29 | 0 |
| 1978 | 34 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 10 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Display device and watch15 Sep 2026US 12,736,921 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Child sleep clock10 Mar 2026US 12,569,642 B2Fisketech, LLC
- Display panel and display apparatus10 Feb 2026US 12,548,485 B2Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- User interfaces for indicating time9 Dec 2025US 12,493,267 B2Apple Inc.
- Watch skins selection application with blockchain token9 Dec 2025US 12,493,865 B2Watch Skins Corporation
- Electronic timepiece17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277166 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Child sleep clock23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207882 A1Fisketech, LLC
- 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.
- Liquid crystal device for a timepiece12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044037 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
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