G11B 17/00
Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of
Official title: Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor (guiding cards or sheets G06K13/00)
G11B17/00 (Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of) appears on 6,935 US grants and 3,679 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 6,935
- Published applications
- 3,679
- Assignees
- 924
- Inventors
- 8,131
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 52 | 0 |
| 1977 | 50 | 0 |
| 1978 | 66 | 0 |
| 1979 | 55 | 0 |
| 1980 | 57 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 65 | 0 |
| 1983 | 75 | 0 |
| 1984 | 95 | 0 |
| 1985 | 103 | 0 |
| 1986 | 121 | 0 |
| 1987 | 175 | 0 |
| 1988 | 163 | 0 |
| 1989 | 165 | 0 |
| 1990 | 90 | 0 |
| 1991 | 159 | 0 |
| 1992 | 150 | 0 |
| 1993 | 149 | 0 |
| 1994 | 115 | 0 |
| 1995 | 123 | 0 |
| 1996 | 193 | 0 |
| 1997 | 194 | 0 |
| 1998 | 296 | 0 |
| 1999 | 327 | 0 |
| 2000 | 295 | 0 |
| 2001 | 320 | 141 |
| 2002 | 282 | 269 |
| 2003 | 288 | 341 |
| 2004 | 292 | 346 |
| 2005 | 224 | 459 |
| 2006 | 250 | 394 |
| 2007 | 233 | 320 |
| 2008 | 236 | 263 |
| 2009 | 162 | 214 |
| 2010 | 192 | 185 |
| 2011 | 216 | 162 |
| 2012 | 221 | 126 |
| 2013 | 159 | 108 |
| 2014 | 120 | 87 |
| 2015 | 87 | 43 |
| 2016 | 55 | 37 |
| 2017 | 37 | 28 |
| 2018 | 32 | 34 |
| 2019 | 46 | 25 |
| 2020 | 29 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022 | 18 | 10 |
| 2023 | 15 | 24 |
| 2024 | 21 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 17/02Details4,680
- G11B 17/22From random access magazine of disc records2,039
- G11B 17/32Maintaining desired spacing between record carrier and head303
- G11B 17/08From consecutive-access magazine of disc records239
- G11B 17/005Programmed access to indexed parts of tracks of operating discs, by guiding131
- G11B 17/34Guiding record carriers during transducing operation79
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