G10H 2230/075
Spint stringed, i.e. mimicking stringed instrument features, electrophonic aspects of acoustic stringed
Official title: Spint stringed, i.e. mimicking stringed instrument features, electrophonic aspects of acoustic stringed musical instruments without keyboard; MIDI-like control therefor
G10H2230/075 (Spint stringed, i.e. mimicking stringed instrument features, electrophonic aspects of acoustic stringed) appears on 170 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 161
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 241
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G10H 2230/135Spint guitar, i.e. guitar-like instruments in which the sound is not generatedIndexing code92
- G10H 2230/095Spint zither, i.e. mimicking any neckless stringed instrument in which the stringsIndexing code46
- G10H 2230/115Spint sitar, i.e. mimicking any long-necked plucked string instrument with a largeIndexing code45
- G10H 2230/151Spint banjo, i.e. mimicking a stringed instrument with a piece of plasticIndexing code25
- G10H 2230/125Spint harp, i.e. mimicking harp-like instrumentsIndexing code24
- G10H 2230/085Spint celloIndexing code19
- G10H 2230/121Spint mandolin, i.e. mimicking instruments of the lute family with hard soundingIndexing code16
- G10H 2230/111Spint ukulele, i.e. mimicking any smaller guitar-like flat bridge string instrumentsIndexing code12
Recent patents
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- Capacitive musical instrument27 Jan 2026US 12,536,984 B2Hard Rock International (USA), Inc.
- Musical instrument6 May 2025US 12,293,747 B2Yamaha Corporation
- Toy guitar with expandable neck24 Dec 2024US 12,175,952 B2Kiddesigns, Inc.
- Electromagnetic multi-function multi-purpose chordophone19 Nov 2024US 12,148,405 B2
- Artificial intelligence (ai)-based creation system and method for smart guitar4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155123 A1Dongguan Midiplus Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Stringless guitar11 Dec 2025US 2025/0378805 A1Huizhou Enya Musical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Modular stringless guitar11 Dec 2025US 2025/0378807 A1Huizhou Enya Musical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- Electric bowed string instrument9 Oct 2025US 2025/0316253 A1
- Acoustic musical instrument with digital strings10 Apr 2025US 2025/0118280 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- VideoHarp240US 4,968,877 ASensor Frame Incorporated · 1990
- Tactile, visual, and array controllers for real-time control of music signal processing, mixing, video, and lighting153US 6,570,078 B22003
- Electronic musical re-performance and editing system152US 5,488,196 A1996
- Constantly changing polyphonic pitch controller135US 4,794,838 A1989
- Real-time floor controller for control of music, signal processing, mixing, video, lighting, and other systems135US 6,689,947 B22004