G06F 3/033
Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user
Official title: Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user {, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks}; Accessories therefor (digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041)
G06F3/033 (Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user) appears on 28,322 US grants and 34,424 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 28,322
- Published applications
- 34,424
- Assignees
- 5,639
- Inventors
- 46,182
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 |
| 1986 | 42 | 0 |
| 1987 | 63 | 0 |
| 1988 | 54 | 0 |
| 1989 | 79 | 0 |
| 1990 | 53 | 0 |
| 1991 | 62 | 0 |
| 1992 | 73 | 0 |
| 1993 | 98 | 0 |
| 1994 | 113 | 0 |
| 1995 | 128 | 0 |
| 1996 | 178 | 0 |
| 1997 | 186 | 0 |
| 1998 | 308 | 0 |
| 1999 | 306 | 0 |
| 2000 | 322 | 0 |
| 2001 | 323 | 173 |
| 2002 | 352 | 521 |
| 2003 | 298 | 559 |
| 2004 | 352 | 591 |
| 2005 | 277 | 886 |
| 2006 | 441 | 895 |
| 2007 | 412 | 921 |
| 2008 | 398 | 1010 |
| 2009 | 406 | 978 |
| 2010 | 531 | 1192 |
| 2011 | 582 | 1232 |
| 2012 | 730 | 1247 |
| 2013 | 884 | 1495 |
| 2014 | 1001 | 1674 |
| 2015 | 1263 | 1970 |
| 2016 | 1488 | 2078 |
| 2017 | 1524 | 2155 |
| 2018 | 1730 | 2001 |
| 2019 | 2122 | 2098 |
| 2020 | 2175 | 2014 |
| 2021 | 1793 | 1684 |
| 2022 | 1679 | 1755 |
| 2023 | 1568 | 1620 |
| 2024 | 1563 | 1517 |
| 2025 | 1401 | 1281 |
| 2026 | 797 | 877 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/0354With detection of two-dimensional [2d] relative movements between the device, or an14,219
- G06F 3/0346With detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional8,259
- G06F 3/038Control and interface arrangements therefor7,661
- G06F 3/0362With detection of one-dimensional [1d] translations or rotations of an operating part2,441
- G06F 3/0338With detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part1,823
- G06F 3/039Accessories therefor1,469
- G06F 3/0334Foot operated pointing devices228
- G06F 3/037Using the raster scan of a cathode-ray tube [crt] for detecting the48
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