G11B 19/00

Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form

Official title: Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function {; Driving both disc and head}

G11B19/00 (Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form) appears on 10,326 US grants and 6,449 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 10,326
Published applications: 6,449
Assignees: 1,220
Inventors: 13,205
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	25	0
1977	26	0
1978	38	0
1979	16	0
1980	25	0
1981	29	0
1982	45	0
1983	53	0
1984	57	0
1985	77	0
1986	83	0
1987	133	0
1988	162	0
1989	219	0
1990	152	0
1991	163	0
1992	200	0
1993	187	0
1994	239	0
1995	267	0
1996	265	0
1997	337	0
1998	480	0
1999	412	0
2000	476	0
2001	407	198
2002	359	588
2003	408	478
2004	356	555
2005	311	568
2006	479	600
2007	360	502
2008	344	489
2009	359	381
2010	372	329
2011	495	366
2012	326	216
2013	280	255
2014	333	231
2015	262	166
2016	137	98
2017	103	67
2018	94	46
2019	71	66
2020	81	43
2021	48	27
2022	37	32
2023	31	47
2024	42	47
2025	39	30
2026	26	24

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