G10C 1/00
General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with
Official title: General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards
G10C1/00 (General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with) appears on 118 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10C- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 184
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10C 1/04General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with57
- G10C 1/02General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with46
- G10C 1/06General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with7
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Piano with sound-enhancing system23US 4,058,045 ASolosonic · 1977
- Upright piano for constant key-touch regardless of manipulation of soft pedal22US 5,287,787 AYamaha Corporation · 1994
- Automatic player piano exactly reproducing half stroke in playback17US 5,691,489 AYamaha Corporation · 1997
- Sing-along piano bar14US 5,726,368 A1998
- Sound reflector for grand pianos11US 4,211,142 ABaldwin Piano & Organ Company · 1980