G10D 3/06
Necks
Official title: Necks; Fingerboards, e.g. fret boards
G10D3/06 (Necks) appears on 527 US grants and 343 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10D- Granted patents
- 527
- Published applications
- 343
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 709
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 5 |
| 2003 | 10 | 11 |
| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 | 9 |
| 2008 | 11 | 12 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9 |
| 2010 | 16 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11 |
| 2013 | 12 | 15 |
| 2014 | 14 | 19 |
| 2015 | 24 | 12 |
| 2016 | 24 | 8 |
| 2017 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018 | 16 | 20 |
| 2019 | 21 | 13 |
| 2020 | 21 | 19 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 |
| 2022 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 13 | 16 |
| 2025 | 20 | 22 |
| 2026 | 6 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member6 Oct 2026US 12,755,719 B2Polyphonic Chromaticism, Inc.
- Bowed string instrument with improved neck26 May 2026US 12,640,122 B1
- Fretboard guard14 Apr 2026US 12,603,069 B2Music Nomad, LLC
- System and method for learning to play a musical instrument24 Feb 2026US 12,562,073 B2
- Autoharp keyboard mechanism24 Feb 2026US 12,562,142 B2
- Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279311 A1Polyphonic Chromaticism, Inc.
- Stringed musical instrument with fretting appendage17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279312 A1Polyphonic Chromaticism, Inc.
- Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member with saddling interfaces for multiple strings17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279313 A1Polyphonic Chromaticism, Inc.
- Modular Stringed Instrument30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221121 A1
- Guitar body structure and guitar9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196190 A1Yamaha Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for extending a lower range of a stringed musical instrument154US 4,078,468 A1978
- Collapsible guitar with quick disconnect neck and submerged string tunnels76US 5,353,672 AStewart Guitar Co. · 1994
- Collapsible guitar54US 4,073,211 AThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc. · 1978
- String instrument, in particular a guitar with foldable neck portion51US 4,111,093 A1978
- Guitar with rotating - collapsible neck portion49US 5,390,578 A1995