G10H 2230/135
Spint guitar, i.e. guitar-like instruments in which the sound is not generated
Official title: Spint guitar, i.e. guitar-like instruments in which the sound is not generated by vibrating strings, e.g. guitar-shaped game interfaces
G10H2230/135 (Spint guitar, i.e. guitar-like instruments in which the sound is not generated) appears on 92 US grants and 105 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 105
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 123
- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Input device with a variable tensioned joystick with travel distance for operating a musical instrument, and a method of use thereof18 May 2021US 11,011,145 B2Arcana Instruments Ltd.
- Percussion device and system for stringed instrument12 May 2020US 10,650,792 B2Kaiden Instruments Ltd
- 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.
- Acoustic musical instrument with digital strings10 Apr 2025US 2025/0118280 A1
- Information processing device, method and recording media23 Mar 2023US 2023/0090773 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tactile, visual, and array controllers for real-time control of music signal processing, mixing, video, and lighting153US 6,570,078 B22003
- 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
- Game controller simulating a musical instrument88US 7,459,624 B2Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. · 2008
- Electronic keyboard instrument85US 5,557,057 A1996