G09F 13/18
Edge-illuminated signs
G09F13/18 (Edge-illuminated signs) appears on 553 US grants and 627 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09F- Granted patents
- 553
- Published applications
- 627
- Assignees
- 347
- Inventors
- 1,224
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 6 | 29 |
| 2010 | 12 | 37 |
| 2011 | 14 | 40 |
| 2012 | 19 | 43 |
| 2013 | 22 | 52 |
| 2014 | 34 | 50 |
| 2015 | 41 | 46 |
| 2016 | 25 | 31 |
| 2017 | 29 | 30 |
| 2018 | 35 | 43 |
| 2019 | 32 | 37 |
| 2020 | 47 | 30 |
| 2021 | 20 | 39 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 |
| 2023 | 19 | 14 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 16 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wide-area illumination panels employing flexible printed circuits and side-emitting LEDs22 Sep 2026US 12,742,536 B2S.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc.
- Emergency luminaire, method for controlling light emission of an emergency luminaire and an emergency sign unit8 Sep 2026US 12,733,082 B2Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
- Illuminable decorative multilayer composite for a vehicle and vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,723,734 B2Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Optical deflection device, image display device, signal device, image recording medium, and image reproduction method9 Jun 2026US 12,650,609 B2Artience Lab Inc.
- Smart license plate2 Jun 2026US 12,646,427 B2Wistron Corporation
- Illuminable decorative multilayer composite for a vehicle and vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243407 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Self-Lit Footlocker Face Indicia30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218866 A1AIM Design, LLC
- Lighted Hand Gesture Signage23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212786 A1
- Assembly for illuminating a decorative member, and motor vehicle having assembly2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186194 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Light guide plate and emergency light comprising the same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179511 A1Je Woo Corporation, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thin panel illuminator460US 5,005,108 ALumitex, Inc. · 1991
- Vehicle rearview mirror assembly386US 4,948,242 ADonnelly Mirrors, Inc. · 1990
- Lighting unit351US 5,375,043 AInoue Denki Co., Inc. · 1994
- Lighting device349US 5,655,830 AGeneral Signal Corporation · 1997
- Tapered multilayer luminaire devices282US 5,528,720 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996