G11B 20/12
Formatting
Official title: Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers {(within interface between computers and data recorders G06F3/06)}
G11B20/12 (Formatting) appears on 6,476 US grants and 4,843 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 6,476
- Published applications
- 4,843
- Assignees
- 640
- Inventors
- 6,230
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 47 | 0 |
| 1990 | 42 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 59 | 0 |
| 1993 | 83 | 0 |
| 1994 | 125 | 0 |
| 1995 | 132 | 0 |
| 1996 | 142 | 0 |
| 1997 | 156 | 0 |
| 1998 | 267 | 0 |
| 1999 | 235 | 0 |
| 2000 | 265 | 0 |
| 2001 | 249 | 115 |
| 2002 | 217 | 315 |
| 2003 | 225 | 289 |
| 2004 | 220 | 384 |
| 2005 | 152 | 420 |
| 2006 | 339 | 432 |
| 2007 | 311 | 598 |
| 2008 | 352 | 530 |
| 2009 | 330 | 280 |
| 2010 | 338 | 220 |
| 2011 | 477 | 305 |
| 2012 | 280 | 133 |
| 2013 | 213 | 88 |
| 2014 | 170 | 108 |
| 2015 | 142 | 103 |
| 2016 | 150 | 110 |
| 2017 | 104 | 95 |
| 2018 | 97 | 66 |
| 2019 | 101 | 62 |
| 2020 | 71 | 55 |
| 2021 | 70 | 47 |
| 2022 | 45 | 30 |
| 2023 | 26 | 18 |
| 2024 | 19 | 14 |
| 2025 | 19 | 14 |
| 2026 | 11 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 20/1217On discs4,509
- G11B 2020/1264Wherein the formatting concerns a specific kind of dataIndexing code2,469
- G11B 20/1201On tapes745
- G11B 2020/1291Wherein the formatting serves a specific purposeIndexing code724
- G11B 20/1262With more than one format/standard213
- G11B 20/1215On cards41
- G11B 20/1261On films29
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By later US patents
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