G10D 13/08
Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or
Official title: Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth
G10D13/08 (Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or) appears on 206 US grants and 141 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10D- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 141
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 242
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020 | 13 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sound bar and percussion instrument4 Aug 2026US 12,700,386 B2Yamaha Corporation
- Musical instrument stand16 Jun 2026US 12,658,166 B2
- Tonal musical instruments for outdoor installation9 Jun 2026US 12,651,585 B2Playcore Wisconsin, Inc.
- Folding marimba having reduced length26 May 2026US 12,640,125 B1Jim Melhart Piano and Organ Company
- Sound bar and percussion instrument27 Jan 2026US 12,536,982 B2Yamaha Corporation
- Roll-up glockenspiel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311662 A1SONOR GmbH
- Sound bar for a musical instrument and method of making thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245531 A1Yale University
- Methods and systems for production of handpans2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188286 A1
- Idiophone instruments and methods for making and using idiophone instruments22 Jan 2026US 2026/0024511 A1
- Travel Ready Barrel Drum and Pandero13 Nov 2025US 2025/0349274 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic percussion instrument61US 3,956,959 ASanyo Silicon Electronics Co., Ltd. · 1976
- Portable steel drums and carrier49US 5,973,247 A1999
- Device for patterned input and display of musical notes39US 6,392,131 B22002
- Cycle of fifths steel pan32US 6,750,386 B22004
- Production of a caribbean steel pan31US 6,212,772 B12001