G09B 15/02
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G09B15/02 (Boards or like means for providing an indication of notes) appears on 574 US grants and 490 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09B- Granted patents
- 574
- Published applications
- 490
- Assignees
- 184
- Inventors
- 937
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 11 |
| 2002 | 27 | 33 |
| 2003 | 14 | 20 |
| 2004 | 12 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 |
| 2006 | 13 | 14 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 11 | 30 |
| 2009 | 15 | 21 |
| 2010 | 20 | 24 |
| 2011 | 20 | 18 |
| 2012 | 9 | 22 |
| 2013 | 19 | 24 |
| 2014 | 27 | 24 |
| 2015 | 33 | 31 |
| 2016 | 27 | 14 |
| 2017 | 25 | 17 |
| 2018 | 21 | 19 |
| 2019 | 18 | 21 |
| 2020 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 21 |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Musical note value pie27 Jan 2026US 12,536,919 B1
- Virtual tutorials for musical instruments with finger tracking in augmented reality13 Jan 2026US 12,525,139 B2Snap Inc.
- Aerophone instrument using air-filled object18 Nov 2025US 12,475,867 B2ORB Music Inc.
- Symmetric dodecaphonic harmony music notation system2 Sep 2025US 12,406,594 B2
- Vibrotactile control systems and methods12 Aug 2025US 12,387,577 B2Not Impossible, LLC
- Instrument performance tracking systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245477 A1Clebrain Co. Ltd.
- Music Theory Learning Device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229141 A1
- Tab colors notation system21 May 2026US 2026/0141822 A1
- Virtual tutorials for musical instruments with finger tracking in augmented reality30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120592 A1Snap Inc.
- Systems, methods, and apparatuses for systematically generating skill adapted musical arrangements on a per-user basis of a common musical piece for the collective performance by the users as an ad-hoc band23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112346 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Music lesson system with local training terminal and remote supervisory station229US 6,211,451 B1Yamaha Corporation · 2001
- Multimedia product for use in a computer for music instruction and use206US 5,690,496 ARed Ant, Inc. · 1997
- Method of and means for producing musical note relationships188US 5,741,990 ANotepool, Ltd. · 1998
- Musical compositions communication system, architecture and methodology168US 6,084,168 A2000
- Apparatus for switching picture items of different types by suitable transition modes163US 6,248,944 B1Yamaha Corporation · 2001