G10H 2210/571
Chords
Official title: Chords; Chord sequences
G10H2210/571 (Chords) appears on 343 US grants and 260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 343
- Published applications
- 260
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 546
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 7 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 9 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 14 | 20 |
| 2021 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022 | 18 | 16 |
| 2023 | 15 | 25 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 |
| 2025 | 9 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10H 2210/576Chord progressionIndexing code165
- G10H 2210/616Chord seventh, major or minorIndexing code121
- G10H 2210/601Chord diminishedIndexing code69
- G10H 2210/596Chord augmentedIndexing code62
- G10H 2210/626Chord sixthIndexing code48
- G10H 2210/591Chord with a suspended noteIndexing code46
- G10H 2210/581Chord inversionIndexing code33
- G10H 2210/621Chord seventh dominantIndexing code28
Recent patents
- Interactive movement audio engine26 May 2026US 12,640,127 B2Lemon Inc.
- User interfaces for gaze tracking enrollment12 May 2026US 12,625,546 B2Apple Inc.
- Electronic musical instrument, electronic musical instrument sound emission instructing method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium5 May 2026US 12,620,376 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Audio processing method and apparatus, and electronic device24 Mar 2026US 12,585,419 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for generating lyrics and chords for user interfaces24 Mar 2026US 12,586,485 B2Moises Systems, Inc.
- Music accompaniment generation method and apparatus, device, storage medium and program product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311666 A1Guangzhou Kugou Computer Technology Co., Ltd.
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290291 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- Electronic musical instrument, control method and storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245533 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Method, apparatus and electronic device for audio processing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229207 A1
- Music compilation systems and related methods23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210730 A1Dial House, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Track-based music performance architecture108US 6,169,242 AMicrosoft Corporation · 2001
- Automatic composer for composing a melody in real time87US 5,451,709 ACasio Computer Co., Ltd. · 1995
- System and process for composing musical sections85US 5,753,843 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1998
- Automatic composer using input motif information71US 4,926,737 ACasio Computer Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Automatic composer60US 4,982,643 ACasio Computer Co., Ltd. · 1991