G10C 3/12
Keyboards
Official title: Keyboards; Keys
G10C3/12 (Keyboards) appears on 428 US grants and 307 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10C- Granted patents
- 428
- Published applications
- 307
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 413
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 | 11 |
| 2007 | 13 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 21 |
| 2009 | 16 | 12 |
| 2010 | 22 | 11 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 14 | 10 |
| 2015 | 18 | 25 |
| 2016 | 12 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 12 |
| 2019 | 12 | 31 |
| 2020 | 29 | 19 |
| 2021 | 18 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 14 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electronic keyboard instrument18 Aug 2026US 12,711,932 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Keyboard device16 Jun 2026US 12,658,164 B2Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid acoustic piano5 May 2026US 12,620,372 B2
- Keyboard unit5 May 2026US 12,620,378 B2Yamaha Corporation
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument3 Feb 2026US 12,542,118 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301714 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301716 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Keyboard device and keyboard device assembly method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290295 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Arrangement, key and method for producing an arrangement and a key6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229202 A1Piano-Schulz e.K.
- Keyboard device for keyboard instrument23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112336 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of and means for producing musical note relationships188US 5,741,990 ANotepool, Ltd. · 1998
- Modular retroactive keyboard and a flat modular actuator123US 5,107,262 AMinistere de la Culture, de la Communication, des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire · 1992
- Electronic music instrument system with musical keyboard64US 5,908,997 AVan Koevering Company · 1999
- Electronic music instrument system with musical keyboard55US 6,160,213 AVan Koevering Company · 2000
- Method of and means for producing musical note relationships53US 5,415,071 A1995