G11B 2220/41
Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination
Official title: Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
G11B2220/41 (Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination) appears on 1,257 US grants and 870 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 1,257
- Published applications
- 870
- Assignees
- 351
- Inventors
- 2,036
- Latest grant
- 24 Dec 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 45 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 54 | 0 |
| 1999 | 57 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 64 | 36 |
| 2002 | 63 | 98 |
| 2003 | 60 | 77 |
| 2004 | 61 | 64 |
| 2005 | 46 | 93 |
| 2006 | 46 | 67 |
| 2007 | 57 | 78 |
| 2008 | 34 | 53 |
| 2009 | 37 | 47 |
| 2010 | 56 | 41 |
| 2011 | 44 | 39 |
| 2012 | 52 | 37 |
| 2013 | 59 | 37 |
| 2014 | 51 | 21 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 |
| 2016 | 30 | 17 |
| 2017 | 14 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 14 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods24 Dec 2024US 12,177,949 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods10 Sep 2024US 12,089,305 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods6 Aug 2024US 12,058,790 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Recording device, readout device, recording method, recording program, readout method, readout program, and magnetic tape capable of shortening the reading of data recorded on a recording medium27 Feb 2024US 11,915,726 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods2 Jan 2024US 11,864,285 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital Jukebox Device with Improved User Interfaces, and Associated Methods20 Mar 2025US 2025/0098044 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods6 Mar 2025US 2025/0081305 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods7 Nov 2024US 2024/0373526 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital Jukebox Device with Improved User Interfaces, and Associated Methods9 May 2024US 2024/0155749 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods21 Dec 2023US 2023/0413400 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System of device independent file directories using a tag between the directories and file descriptors that migrate with the files1,137US 5,333,315 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1994
- Television schedule system1,133US 5,353,121 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1994
- System and process for VCR scheduling1,066US 4,977,455 AInsight Telecast, Inc. · 1990
- Video communications system having a remotely controlled central source of video and audio data1,037US 4,949,187 A1990
- Integration of music from a personal library with real-time information1,026US 6,192,340 B12001