G06F 3/0481
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based
Official title: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
G06F3/0481 (Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based) appears on 54,773 US grants and 71,206 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 54,773
- Published applications
- 71,206
- Assignees
- 10,118
- Inventors
- 99,969
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 199 | 88 |
| 2002 | 241 | 525 |
| 2003 | 203 | 520 |
| 2004 | 186 | 521 |
| 2005 | 203 | 727 |
| 2006 | 319 | 747 |
| 2007 | 305 | 967 |
| 2008 | 340 | 1086 |
| 2009 | 452 | 1215 |
| 2010 | 567 | 1457 |
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| 2012 | 878 | 2031 |
| 2013 | 1302 | 2989 |
| 2014 | 2010 | 3925 |
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| 2019 | 4793 | 4739 |
| 2020 | 5246 | 4705 |
| 2021 | 4737 | 4603 |
| 2022 | 4339 | 4672 |
| 2023 | 4260 | 4466 |
| 2024 | 4125 | 4163 |
| 2025 | 3411 | 3459 |
| 2026 | 1853 | 2501 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 3/0482Interaction with lists of selectable items29,848
- G06F 3/04817Using icons12,124
- G06F 3/04815Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3d]6,951
- G06F 3/0483Interaction with page-structured environments3,821
- G06F 3/04812Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour2,785
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- Apparatus for an optical imaging system, optical imaging system, method and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309971 A1Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Display method and apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310265 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Converting a 2d positional input into a 3d point in space8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310285 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
- Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310287 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- 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
- Gestures for touch sensitive input devices2,066US 8,479,122 B2Apple Inc. · 2013