G06F 3/04817
Using icons
Official title: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
G06F3/04817 (Using icons) appears on 12,124 US grants and 15,841 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 15,841
- Assignees
- 2,716
- Inventors
- 24,318
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2007 | 42 | 138 |
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| 2009 | 57 | 189 |
| 2010 | 66 | 254 |
| 2011 | 89 | 293 |
| 2012 | 129 | 419 |
| 2013 | 220 | 717 |
| 2014 | 442 | 1000 |
| 2015 | 664 | 1282 |
| 2016 | 882 | 1445 |
| 2017 | 865 | 1372 |
| 2018 | 916 | 1046 |
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| 2021 | 1134 | 1061 |
| 2022 | 988 | 1005 |
| 2023 | 961 | 961 |
| 2024 | 894 | 888 |
| 2025 | 717 | 701 |
| 2026 | 366 | 507 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing a Home Button Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310305 A1Apple Inc.
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