G11B 17/223
In a vertical direction
Official title: {in a vertical direction}
G11B17/223 (In a vertical direction) appears on 212 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 212
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 269
- Latest grant
- 3 Dec 2019
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 14 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 13 | 22 |
| 2004 | 19 | 6 |
| 2005 | 9 | 6 |
| 2006 | 8 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 15 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Disk holder for disk cartridge3 Dec 2019US 10,497,392 B2Sony Corporation
- Disc grabbing device and operating method thereof26 Jun 2018US 10,008,235 B1Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited
- Disc device and disc separation method12 Sep 2017US 9,761,265 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Method for selecting individual discs from tightly spaced array of optical discs31 Jan 2017US 9,558,781 B1Flextronics AP, LLC
- Optical disk apparatus and disk magazine24 May 2016US 9,349,416 B2Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Disk conveyor apparatus14 Mar 2019US 2019/0080714 A1Sony Corporation
- Disc device and disc separation method18 May 2017US 2017/0140787 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Optical disk apparatus and disk magazine2 Jan 2014US 2014/0003899 A1Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Disc conveying device7 Mar 2013US 2013/0057982 A1Sony Corporation
- Disc conveying device7 Mar 2013US 2013/0061254 A1Sony Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Quick access data storage library with backup capability71US 5,818,723 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1998
- Recorded program viewing support method44US 6,801,713 B1Hitachi, Ltd. · 2004
- Disc changer and disc holder and box for use with such a changer43US 4,561,078 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1985
- Magazine holder in a CD player37US 5,136,563 APioneer Electronic Corporation · 1992
- Disk player with disk changer functions34US 5,177,722 ANakamichi Corporation · 1993