G10H 3/12
Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means: using mechanical
Official title: using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
G10H3/12 (Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means: using mechanical) appears on 1,907 US grants and 1,561 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10H- Granted patents
- 1,907
- Published applications
- 1,561
- Assignees
- 497
- Inventors
- 2,339
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 20 | 0 |
| 1980 | 26 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 43 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 43 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 11 |
| 2002 | 20 | 28 |
| 2003 | 24 | 32 |
| 2004 | 27 | 56 |
| 2005 | 20 | 53 |
| 2006 | 46 | 61 |
| 2007 | 44 | 54 |
| 2008 | 36 | 51 |
| 2009 | 37 | 56 |
| 2010 | 46 | 54 |
| 2011 | 52 | 47 |
| 2012 | 53 | 58 |
| 2013 | 58 | 69 |
| 2014 | 89 | 100 |
| 2015 | 94 | 74 |
| 2016 | 93 | 73 |
| 2017 | 107 | 86 |
| 2018 | 65 | 99 |
| 2019 | 88 | 80 |
| 2020 | 67 | 65 |
| 2021 | 61 | 87 |
| 2022 | 43 | 49 |
| 2023 | 39 | 70 |
| 2024 | 30 | 43 |
| 2025 | 35 | 74 |
| 2026 | 19 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Coil switching control system for an electric guitar6 Oct 2026US 12,755,722 B2
- Hand-1 finger training device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,410 B2
- Three-way selector switch15 Sep 2026US 12,738,255 B2
- Water harp with optical sensing of the break of flowing water streams8 Sep 2026US 12,731,567 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Tremolo unit and saddle14 Jul 2026US 12,682,871 B2Gotoh Gut Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing a sound with a musical instrument and musical instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311668 A1Korg Germany GmbH
- Electronic musical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301725 A1Yamaha Corporation
- Method for identifying playing actions and playing frets of stringed instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279320 A1Guangzhou Rantion Technology Co., Ltd.
- Piezoelectric element, electronic percussion instrument, and method for manufacturing piezoelectric element and electronic percussion instrument6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229208 A1Roland Corporation
- Sound modeling passive circuit for electric guitars, electric bass guitars, electric-acoustic guitars, and the like6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229209 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of and apparatus for analyzing and synthesizing a sound by extracting and controlling a sound parameter299US 5,536,902 AYamaha Corporation · 1996
- System and method for synchronizing a live musical performance with a reference performance169US 7,164,076 B2Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. · 2007
- Tactile, visual, and array controllers for real-time control of music signal processing, mixing, video, and lighting153US 6,570,078 B22003
- Capacitive pressure-sensing method and apparatus149US 4,852,443 AKey Concepts, Inc. · 1989
- Real-time floor controller for control of music, signal processing, mixing, video, lighting, and other systems135US 6,689,947 B22004