G09F 7/00

Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols

Official title: Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols (vehicle registration number plates B60R13/10); Panels or boards (show-cards G09F1/00; indicating arrangements for variable information G09F9/00, G09F11/00; illuminated signs G09F13/00; boards for notices or posters G09F15/00)

G09F7/00 (Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols) appears on 3,300 US grants and 2,926 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 3,300
Published applications: 2,926
Assignees: 1,454
Inventors: 5,694
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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G09F 7/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	50	0
1977	53	0
1978	35	0
1979	27	0
1980	29	0
1981	34	0
1982	34	0
1983	22	0
1984	20	0
1985	31	0
1986	22	0
1987	45	0
1988	36	0
1989	65	0
1990	54	0
1991	51	0
1992	32	0
1993	58	0
1994	74	0
1995	64	0
1996	55	0
1997	61	0
1998	65	0
1999	89	0
2000	86	0
2001	78	23
2002	93	97
2003	73	99
2004	66	125
2005	48	121
2006	66	137
2007	55	139
2008	51	139
2009	51	156
2010	71	145
2011	71	119
2012	95	146
2013	88	109
2014	105	143
2015	115	145
2016	82	117
2017	125	133
2018	89	129
2019	142	130
2020	123	115
2021	82	93
2022	69	105
2023	78	77
2024	78	71
2025	70	68
2026	44	45

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

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