G10D 1/085
Mechanical design of electric guitars
Official title: {Mechanical design of electric guitars}
G10D1/085 (Mechanical design of electric guitars) appears on 454 US grants and 319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10D- Granted patents
- 454
- Published applications
- 319
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 610
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 8 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 14 | 15 |
| 2016 | 32 | 18 |
| 2017 | 30 | 26 |
| 2018 | 17 | 22 |
| 2019 | 27 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 | 13 |
| 2021 | 21 | 18 |
| 2022 | 9 | 20 |
| 2023 | 14 | 23 |
| 2024 | 16 | 18 |
| 2025 | 20 | 22 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method for identifying playing actions and playing frets of stringed instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279320 A1Guangzhou Rantion Technology Co., Ltd.
- Modular Stringed Instrument30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221121 A1
- Guitar body structure and guitar9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196190 A1Yamaha Corporation
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- Acoustic Guitar Neck Support System and Soundboard Tuning5 Feb 2026US 2026/0038463 A1Lloyd Baggs Innovations, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Collapsible guitar with quick disconnect neck and submerged string tunnels76US 5,353,672 AStewart Guitar Co. · 1994
- Electric stringed instrument53US 4,201,108 ABunker Instruments, Inc. · 1980
- Guitar with removable fretboard and pickup section powered by a headphone amplifier53US 5,929,362 A1999
- Guitar with rotating - collapsible neck portion49US 5,390,578 A1995
- Stringed instrument with on-board tuner49US 5,637,820 A1997