G09B 29/10
Map spot or coordinate position indicators
Official title: Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids (optical projection apparatus per se G03B)
G09B29/10 (Map spot or coordinate position indicators) appears on 1,621 US grants and 1,766 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09B- Granted patents
- 1,621
- Published applications
- 1,766
- Assignees
- 575
- Inventors
- 3,325
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 42 | 22 |
| 2002 | 34 | 35 |
| 2003 | 33 | 50 |
| 2004 | 29 | 33 |
| 2005 | 31 | 45 |
| 2006 | 29 | 57 |
| 2007 | 24 | 108 |
| 2008 | 21 | 96 |
| 2009 | 34 | 94 |
| 2010 | 50 | 111 |
| 2011 | 72 | 102 |
| 2012 | 80 | 98 |
| 2013 | 85 | 98 |
| 2014 | 105 | 106 |
| 2015 | 85 | 101 |
| 2016 | 107 | 88 |
| 2017 | 86 | 61 |
| 2018 | 62 | 81 |
| 2019 | 67 | 71 |
| 2020 | 62 | 91 |
| 2021 | 60 | 65 |
| 2022 | 50 | 43 |
| 2023 | 42 | 46 |
| 2024 | 43 | 37 |
| 2025 | 20 | 19 |
| 2026 | 14 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Progressive display in multi-zoom digital map30 Jun 2026US 12,670,814 B2Apple Inc.
- Systems and methods for facilitating touring in a vehicle28 Apr 2026US 12,614,475 B2
- Driving assistance device with obstacle advoidance operation and computer program24 Mar 2026US 12,584,755 B2Aisin Corporation
- Display control device, head-up display device, and display control method10 Mar 2026US 12,571,652 B2Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Map creation/self-location estimation device3 Mar 2026US 12,566,078 B2Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Progressive display in multi-zoom digital map1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301607 A1Apple Inc.
- Map annotation data generation for autonomous vehicles13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235415 A1Five AI Limited
- Data Layers for a Vehicle Map Service30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222775 A1Google Inc.
- Digital rescue sheet for buildings16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202808 A1ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Electronic device for providing internet of things service and control method therefor30 Apr 2026US 2026/0119534 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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
- 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
- Computer aided map location system1,031US 5,848,373 ADeLorme Publishing Co. · 1998