G09F 13/16
Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces
Official title: Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape
G09F13/16 (Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces) appears on 298 US grants and 288 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09F- Granted patents
- 298
- Published applications
- 288
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 622
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 9 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 15 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 15 |
| 2012 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 10 | 18 |
| 2016 | 10 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018 | 12 | 18 |
| 2019 | 13 | 14 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 |
| 2021 | 9 | 18 |
| 2022 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Traffic sign add-on14 Jul 2026US 12,680,246 B2Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Optical deflection device, image display device, signal device, image recording medium, and image reproduction method9 Jun 2026US 12,650,609 B2Artience Lab Inc.
- Printable signage for traffic and pedestrian areas23 Dec 2025US 12,505,765 B2Patch Rubber Company
- Adhesive tamper evident label4 Nov 2025US 12,462,712 B2
- Illuminated safety flag device4 Nov 2025US 12,462,715 B2
- Reflective traffic pole cover17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275663 A1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Intelligent vehicle early warning tripod system and a control method thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192747 A1Chongqing Numenx Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Air floating video information display system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186321 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Warning device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179462 A1RoyalTek Company Ltd.
- Systems and methods for indirectly applying solar material to form a device displaying vivid images25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180503 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for forming retroreflective sheeting180US 4,243,618 AAvery International Corporation · 1981
- Retroreflective sheeting with retroreflective markings134US 4,082,426 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1978
- Reflective print label and method of producing the same102US 5,564,843 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Rescue locator signal76US 8,832,981 B2Rescued In Time, LLC · 2014
- Ultraviolet luminescent retroreflective sheeting72US 5,759,671 ANippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998