Stringed musical instruments
Official title: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)
G10D (Stringed musical instruments) appears on 6,455 US grants and 4,167 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10D- Granted patents
- 6,455
- Published applications
- 4,167
- Assignees
- 1,055
- Inventors
- 6,603
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 55 | 0 |
| 1977 | 75 | 0 |
| 1978 | 85 | 0 |
| 1979 | 71 | 0 |
| 1980 | 87 | 0 |
| 1981 | 84 | 0 |
| 1982 | 89 | 0 |
| 1983 | 56 | 0 |
| 1984 | 54 | 0 |
| 1985 | 82 | 0 |
| 1986 | 68 | 0 |
| 1987 | 119 | 0 |
| 1988 | 87 | 0 |
| 1989 | 117 | 0 |
| 1990 | 95 | 0 |
| 1991 | 79 | 0 |
| 1992 | 64 | 0 |
| 1993 | 82 | 0 |
| 1994 | 114 | 0 |
| 1995 | 124 | 0 |
| 1996 | 117 | 0 |
| 1997 | 85 | 0 |
| 1998 | 107 | 0 |
| 1999 | 178 | 0 |
| 2000 | 168 | 0 |
| 2001 | 154 | 21 |
| 2002 | 111 | 102 |
| 2003 | 126 | 121 |
| 2004 | 124 | 141 |
| 2005 | 99 | 175 |
| 2006 | 98 | 171 |
| 2007 | 118 | 155 |
| 2008 | 158 | 179 |
| 2009 | 185 | 167 |
| 2010 | 224 | 156 |
| 2011 | 140 | 166 |
| 2012 | 168 | 172 |
| 2013 | 151 | 180 |
| 2014 | 201 | 219 |
| 2015 | 220 | 219 |
| 2016 | 256 | 192 |
| 2017 | 234 | 210 |
| 2018 | 192 | 192 |
| 2019 | 202 | 182 |
| 2020 | 212 | 151 |
| 2021 | 166 | 164 |
| 2022 | 133 | 169 |
| 2023 | 148 | 142 |
| 2024 | 112 | 137 |
| 2025 | 115 | 162 |
| 2026 | 66 | 122 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- G10D 3/00Details of, or accessories for, stringed musical instruments2,883
- G10D 13/00Percussion musical instruments2,374
- G10D 1/00General design of stringed musical instruments1,492
- G10D 9/00Details of, or accessories for, wind musical instruments653
- G10D 7/00General design of wind musical instruments630
- G10D 15/00Combinations of different musical instruments34
- G10D 11/00Accordions, concertinas or the like25
- G10D 99/00Musical instruments not otherwise provided for13
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Recent patents
- Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member6 Oct 2026US 12,755,719 B2Polyphonic Chromaticism, Inc.
- Electronic percussion instrument, percussion instrument set, and method for securing struck surface part6 Oct 2026US 12,755,720 B2Roland Corporation
- Plectrum with a three-dimensional structure29 Sep 2026US 12,749,467 B2
- Electronic drum stand29 Sep 2026US 12,749,468 B2Ningbo Kinlin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Acoustic stringed musical instrument pitch changer system and related methods22 Sep 2026US 12,744,020 B1
- Roll-up glockenspiel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311662 A1SONOR GmbH
- Musical drum attenuator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311663 A1Musical Accessories Unlimited LLC
- Percussion instrument dampening system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311664 A1
- Strings for musical instruments1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301717 A1W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Tuning stabilisers for stringed instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301718 A1
Most cited
- Apparatus for extending a lower range of a stringed musical instrument154US 4,078,468 A1978
- Guitar tremolo method and apparatus132US 4,171,661 A1979
- Connector hardware for percussive instruments98US 4,185,808 ACBS Inc. · 1980
- Apparatus for restraining and fine tuning the strings of a musical instrument, particularly guitars89US 4,497,236 A1985
- Combined bridge and tailpiece assembly for a stringed musical instrument81US 4,457,201 A1984