G06F 3/0444
Using a single conductive element covering the whole sensing surface
Official title: {using a single conductive element covering the whole sensing surface, e.g. by sensing the electrical current flowing at the corners}
G06F3/0444 (Using a single conductive element covering the whole sensing surface) appears on 262 US grants and 303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 303
- Assignees
- 145
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Data processing system with a touch screen and a digitizing tablet, both integrated in an input device379US 5,402,151 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1995
- Touch screen liquid crystal display286US 8,243,027 B2Apple Inc. · 2012
- Method of and apparatus for sensing the location, such as coordinates, of designated points on an electrically sensitive touch-screen surface234US 4,806,709 AMicrotouch Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Liquid crystal display device employing a guard plane between a layer for measuring touch position and common electrode layer210US 6,057,903 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000
- Wiring harness and touch sensor incorporating same172US 7,339,579 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2008