G09B 1/00
Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols
Official title: Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways (puzzle-games A63F9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F)
G09B1/00 (Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols) appears on 710 US grants and 708 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09B- Granted patents
- 710
- Published applications
- 708
- Assignees
- 258
- Inventors
- 1,376
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 17 |
| 2003 | 19 | 37 |
| 2004 | 19 | 37 |
| 2005 | 10 | 23 |
| 2006 | 16 | 39 |
| 2007 | 13 | 38 |
| 2008 | 10 | 38 |
| 2009 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17 |
| 2011 | 14 | 22 |
| 2012 | 8 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 | 16 |
| 2014 | 11 | 16 |
| 2015 | 10 | 44 |
| 2016 | 17 | 19 |
| 2017 | 15 | 40 |
| 2018 | 20 | 43 |
| 2019 | 23 | 49 |
| 2020 | 22 | 37 |
| 2021 | 27 | 43 |
| 2022 | 26 | 36 |
| 2023 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024 | 17 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 14 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- System and method for student engagement and active learning2 Jun 2026US 12,646,416 B2
- Sensory learning, sensory play pegboard display and methods of making and using same19 May 2026US 12,633,225 B2
- Story ribbons7 Apr 2026US 12,597,360 B2
- Smarty Pants8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311609 A1
- Educational system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279210 A1Ecsel LLC
- Magnetic Learning Block System with Encapsulated Self-Aligning Spherical Magnets10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268783 A1
- Apparatus of providing contents using led block27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252299 A1
- Personalized education system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229135 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Character recognition educational system223US 5,823,782 ATinkers & Chance · 1998
- Personality style method120US 7,264,474 B2Personality Resources International · 2007
- Educational desk mat, system and method for motivating and instructing students118US 6,419,495 B12002
- Magnetic writing board chore chart116US 9,483,958 B12016
- Mother's apron or bib with detachable multicolored two-dimensional infant toys to aid supervised baby play107US 4,710,979 A1987