Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
Official title: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
G11B (Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer) appears on 133,294 US grants and 91,983 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 133,294
- Published applications
- 91,983
- Assignees
- 11,132
- Inventors
- 113,991
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 705 | 0 |
| 1977 | 689 | 0 |
| 1978 | 769 | 0 |
| 1979 | 585 | 0 |
| 1980 | 732 | 0 |
| 1981 | 757 | 0 |
| 1982 | 945 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1053 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1172 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1412 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1428 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1946 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1827 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2303 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1731 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2084 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2249 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2405 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2506 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2645 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2904 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3043 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4190 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3961 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4009 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4107 | 2026 |
| 2002 | 4281 | 5740 |
| 2003 | 4463 | 5914 |
| 2004 | 4690 | 6744 |
| 2005 | 3820 | 8031 |
| 2006 | 5288 | 7482 |
| 2007 | 4546 | 7073 |
| 2008 | 4471 | 6693 |
| 2009 | 4429 | 5667 |
| 2010 | 4946 | 4791 |
| 2011 | 4928 | 3653 |
| 2012 | 4793 | 3238 |
| 2013 | 4062 | 2901 |
| 2014 | 4067 | 2919 |
| 2015 | 3360 | 2644 |
| 2016 | 2627 | 2300 |
| 2017 | 2412 | 2078 |
| 2018 | 2145 | 1734 |
| 2019 | 2108 | 1632 |
| 2020 | 1969 | 1527 |
| 2021 | 1656 | 1453 |
| 2022 | 1549 | 1325 |
| 2023 | 1305 | 1301 |
| 2024 | 1283 | 1287 |
| 2025 | 1196 | 1058 |
| 2026 | 743 | 772 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- G11B 5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier43,699
- G11B 27/00Editing29,168
- G11B 7/00Recording or reproducing by optical means26,936
- G11B 20/00Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing24,556
- G11B 2220/00Record carriers by typeIndexing code16,955
- G11B 33/00Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups10,495
- G11B 19/00Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form10,326
- G11B 15/00Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form9,184
All 18 main groupsShow fewer
- G11B 23/00Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing9,169
- G11B 17/00Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of6,935
- G11B 11/00Recording on or reproducing from the same record carrier wherein for these5,041
- G11B 21/00Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing4,127
- G11B 25/00Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific3,207
- G11B 9/00Recording or reproducing using a method not covered by one of the1,362
- G11B 31/00Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related1,270
- G11B 3/00Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing930
- G11B 13/00Recording simultaneously or selectively by methods covered by different main groups among590
- G11B 2209/00Recording or reproducing using a method not covered elsewhere in this subclassIndexing code20
Recent patents
- Dispersed iron oxide magnetic powder slurry and method for producing same6 Oct 2026US 12,753,089 B2Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
- High thermal stability lubricants6 Oct 2026US 12,753,360 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Method for editing and processing multimedia material, electronic device and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,754,949 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Audio data selection for video matching using generative artificial intelligence model6 Oct 2026US 12,755,535 B2Beacon Street Technologies, LLC
- Disk device and manufacturing method for disk device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,753 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Decoded data acquisition method and apparatus, device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310374 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Content posting8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311143 A1
- Adaptation of cinematic to experiential media via machine learning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311288 A1Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC
- Emoji image generation method and apparatus, and electronic device and readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311413 A1
- Media content processing method, apparatus, device, medium, and program product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311442 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Distributed electronic entertainment method and apparatus1,916US 7,657,910 B1E-Cast, Inc. · 2010
- Wireless music device and method therefor1,771US 7,143,939 B2Intel Corporation · 2006
- Mechanically decoupled capstan drive1,737US 7,391,173 B2Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2008
- Enhanced raid write hole protection and recovery1,578US 5,774,643 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1998