G10F
Automatic musical instruments
Official title: AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (non-musical aspects of toy instruments A63H5/00; sound recording or reproducing G11B; working in association with recording or reproducing apparatus G11B31/02)
G10F (Automatic musical instruments) appears on 406 US grants and 204 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10F- Granted patents
- 406
- Published applications
- 204
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 347
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 12 | 20 |
| 2006 | 8 | 25 |
| 2007 | 16 | 6 |
| 2008 | 13 | 7 |
| 2009 | 9 | 4 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 |
| 2016 | 13 | 9 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
Recent patents
- Wind chime device16 Jun 2026US 12,658,165 B2
- Recommendation information output system and recommendation information output method5 May 2026US 12,620,375 B2Roland Corporation
- Keyboard device and cooling method of drive device28 Oct 2025US 12,456,444 B2Roland Corporation
- Music box3 Jun 2025US 12,322,362 B2Jean Cultural & Creative Co., Ltd.
- Automated string playing system for a stringed instrument8 Apr 2025US 12,272,339 B1
- Keyboard musical instrument27 Nov 2025US 2025/0363968 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Wind chime device23 Oct 2025US 2025/0329315 A1
- Cosmetic cabinet2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302193 A1Bonjil, LLC
- Musical sound control method for keyboard instrument2 Oct 2025US 2025/0308490 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
- Automatic playing piano, automatic playing method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium15 May 2025US 2025/0157442 A1Yamaha Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for stimulation of acoustic musical instruments100US 5,142,961 A1992
- Automatic musical performance device69US 7,339,105 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho · 2008
- Automatic sound player system having acoustic and electronic sound sources67US 4,744,281 AYamaha Corporation · 1988
- Light projecting toy musical box60US 4,858,079 ATomy Kogyo Co., Inc. · 1989
- Combined greeting card and music box structure53US 4,102,067 A1978