G06F 3/044
By capacitive means
Official title: by capacitive means
G06F3/044 (By capacitive means) appears on 23,086 US grants and 28,752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 23,086
- Published applications
- 28,752
- Assignees
- 2,447
- Inventors
- 24,485
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 5 |
| 2002 | 19 | 33 |
| 2003 | 12 | 29 |
| 2004 | 15 | 51 |
| 2005 | 18 | 54 |
| 2006 | 26 | 89 |
| 2007 | 35 | 144 |
| 2008 | 41 | 226 |
| 2009 | 35 | 381 |
| 2010 | 81 | 562 |
| 2011 | 143 | 822 |
| 2012 | 300 | 1164 |
| 2013 | 589 | 1455 |
| 2014 | 868 | 1884 |
| 2015 | 1355 | 2156 |
| 2016 | 1510 | 2310 |
| 2017 | 1793 | 2362 |
| 2018 | 2052 | 2093 |
| 2019 | 2264 | 2075 |
| 2020 | 2292 | 1889 |
| 2021 | 1825 | 1926 |
| 2022 | 1846 | 1773 |
| 2023 | 1718 | 1608 |
| 2024 | 1646 | 1545 |
| 2025 | 1433 | 1279 |
| 2026 | 931 | 837 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/0446Using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions12,676
- G06F 3/0443Using a single layer of sensing electrodes7,755
- G06F 3/0445Using two or more layers of sensing electrodes6,210
- G06F 3/0448Details of the electrode shape2,021
- G06F 3/0442Using active external devices1,338
- G06F 3/0447Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells1,081
- G06F 3/0441Using active external devices825
- G06F 3/0444Using a single conductive element covering the whole sensing surface262
Recent patents
- Touch panel and touch device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,612 B2Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- System and method for orchestrating user interaction illumination of adaptive capacitive sensor pads based on a current usage input mode at a capacitive split contactless keyboard6 Oct 2026US 12,754,618 B1Dell Products L. P.
- Touchscreen display with integrated antenna6 Oct 2026US 12,754,627 B2Cardtronics USA, Inc.
- Electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,629 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,630 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Display device, electronic device including the same, and driving method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305960 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device and driving method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305965 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Smart switch with functionalities determined based on a grounded conductor connection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310248 A1Roku, Inc.
- Electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310260 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Dynamic packaging system for a wearable biosensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310297 A1Aquilx Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Multipoint touchscreen3,397US 7,663,607 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad2,510US 5,825,352 ALogitech, Inc. · 1998
- Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition2,193US 5,880,411 ASynaptics Incorporated · 1999
- Two-layer capacitive touchpad and method of making same2,193US 6,188,391 B1Synaptics Incorporated · 2001