G09B 15/06
Devices for exercising or strengthening fingers or arms
Official title: Devices for exercising or strengthening fingers or arms; Devices for holding fingers or arms in a proper position for playing (for teaching typing G09B13/00; exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles for physical training A63B21/00, A63B23/00)
G09B15/06 (Devices for exercising or strengthening fingers or arms) appears on 157 US grants and 122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09B- Granted patents
- 157
- Published applications
- 122
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 225
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2006 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 10 | 6 |
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| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program6 Oct 2026US 12,752,416 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Hand-1 finger training device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,410 B2
- Tactile guidance system for string instruments26 Aug 2025US 12,400,556 B1
- Stringed instrument bow grip trainer, ergonomic grip for stringed instrument bow, and/or retrofit accessory for a musical instrument19 Aug 2025US 12,394,331 B1
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program8 Jul 2025US 12,350,036 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Touch learning device for wind instruments13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237321 A1
- Practice device for violin fingering26 Feb 2026US 2026/0057801 A1Shandong Normal University
- Methods and devices for training finger position18 Dec 2025US 2025/0384785 A1
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program23 Oct 2025US 2025/0329270 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Edge computing and haptic chord instrument teaching and learning18 Sep 2025US 2025/0292701 A1Saint Louis University
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