G09B 29/00
Maps
Official title: Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram (star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F)
G09B29/00 (Maps) appears on 2,838 US grants and 3,109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09B- Granted patents
- 2,838
- Published applications
- 3,109
- Assignees
- 998
- Inventors
- 5,809
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 20 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 28 |
| 2002 | 43 | 56 |
| 2003 | 44 | 59 |
| 2004 | 39 | 53 |
| 2005 | 40 | 74 |
| 2006 | 38 | 85 |
| 2007 | 35 | 144 |
| 2008 | 33 | 150 |
| 2009 | 54 | 149 |
| 2010 | 71 | 166 |
| 2011 | 99 | 151 |
| 2012 | 108 | 157 |
| 2013 | 155 | 187 |
| 2014 | 164 | 188 |
| 2015 | 148 | 185 |
| 2016 | 172 | 172 |
| 2017 | 171 | 139 |
| 2018 | 116 | 140 |
| 2019 | 124 | 135 |
| 2020 | 125 | 172 |
| 2021 | 116 | 145 |
| 2022 | 109 | 102 |
| 2023 | 96 | 95 |
| 2024 | 83 | 88 |
| 2025 | 59 | 56 |
| 2026 | 43 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Map generation system, in-vehicle device25 Aug 2026US 12,716,728 B2Denso Corporation
- On-board processing device, vehicle control device, and self-position estimation method18 Aug 2026US 12,710,274 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- System and method for trading emissions units using vehicle data18 Aug 2026US 12,710,278 B2Circlesx LLC
- Electronic device and method for providing three-dimensional map11 Aug 2026US 12,704,387 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Information processing apparatus and program14 Jul 2026US 12,684,312 B2SmartNews, Inc.
- Progressive display in multi-zoom digital map1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301607 A1Apple Inc.
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233393 A1OMRON Corporation
- Map annotation data generation for autonomous vehicles13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235415 A1Five AI Limited
- Map Information Processing Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237186 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Apparatuses, systems, and methods for assisted generation of label sets from geospatial data and map context for layouts6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228244 A1Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Travel reservation information and planning system2,363US 5,948,040 ADeLorme Publishing Co. · 1999
- Integrated routing/mapping information1,518US 6,321,158 B1DeLorme Publishing Co. · 2001
- Displaying content associated with electronic mapping systems1,231US 8,490,025 B22013
- Method and system for associating content with map zoom function1,230US 8,504,945 B22013
- Computer aided routing and positioning system1,042US 5,802,492 ADeLorme Publishing Co. · 1998