G10C 1/02
General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with
Official title: of upright pianos
G10C1/02 (General design of pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with) appears on 46 US grants and 37 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10C- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 37
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 75
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Mechanical connections in piano-action of piano18 Apr 2023US 11,631,384 B2Sunland Information Technology Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for calibrating a musical device10 May 2022US 11,328,618 B2Sunland Information Technology Co., Ltd.
- Upright keyboard instrument15 Jun 2021US 11,037,533 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Damper mechanism for upright piano, and stay member for use in the damper mechanism1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301715 A1Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Rail component of keyboard instrument and cap member for the rail component6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229201 A1Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Upright piano16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204239 A1Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard instrument and method of producing key of keyboard instrument25 Sep 2025US 2025/0299651 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Repetition spring assembly for an upright piano27 Mar 2025US 2025/0104671 A1
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
- Upright piano11US 4,641,565 ANippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Muffler assembly for a piano9US 4,450,747 ANippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984