G06F 3/048
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [gui]
Official title: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
G06F3/048 (Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [gui]) appears on 92,043 US grants and 120,384 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Machine control using a predictive map6 Oct 2026US 12,751,363 B2Deere & Company
- Nail art apparatus and nail art method using same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,536 B2Nailtoctoc Co., Ltd.
- External medical device that identifies a response activity6 Oct 2026US 12,751,674 B2ZOLL Medical Corporation
- Method for configuring a controller and orthopedic device, and computer program product6 Oct 2026US 12,751,840 B2Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
- Medication delivery system with graphical user interface6 Oct 2026US 12,752,053 B2Insulet Corporation
- Systems, methods, and devices for providing stimulation therapy using display of sensed physiological signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306857 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- In-vehicle system, vehicle, and information processing device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307482 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus for an optical imaging system, optical imaging system, method and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309971 A1Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Systems and methods for integrating artificial intelligence in a common operating picture8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310197 A1Anduril Industries, Inc.
- Wearable electronic device and method for operating same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310256 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Multiple fingers contact sensing method for emulating mouse buttons and mouse operations on a touch sensor pad2,510US 5,825,352 ALogitech, Inc. · 1998
- Method to provide for virtual screen overlay2,331US 5,577,188 AFuture Labs, Inc. · 1996
- System for allowing user of any computer to draw image over that generated by the host computer and replicating the drawn image to other computers2,300US 5,649,104 ANCR Corporation · 1997
- Collaboration system for producing copies of image generated by first program on first computer on other computers and annotating the image by second program2,212US 5,819,038 ANCR Corporation · 1998