G11B 23/02
Containers
Official title: Containers; Storing means {both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means}
G11B23/02 (Containers) appears on 5,975 US grants and 1,902 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 5,975
- Published applications
- 1,902
- Assignees
- 841
- Inventors
- 5,533
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 76 | 0 |
| 1977 | 79 | 0 |
| 1978 | 93 | 0 |
| 1979 | 52 | 0 |
| 1980 | 92 | 0 |
| 1981 | 103 | 0 |
| 1982 | 95 | 0 |
| 1983 | 138 | 0 |
| 1984 | 164 | 0 |
| 1985 | 156 | 0 |
| 1986 | 171 | 0 |
| 1987 | 234 | 0 |
| 1988 | 236 | 0 |
| 1989 | 254 | 0 |
| 1990 | 174 | 0 |
| 1991 | 183 | 0 |
| 1992 | 195 | 0 |
| 1993 | 199 | 0 |
| 1994 | 217 | 0 |
| 1995 | 172 | 0 |
| 1996 | 190 | 0 |
| 1997 | 166 | 0 |
| 1998 | 215 | 0 |
| 1999 | 211 | 0 |
| 2000 | 186 | 0 |
| 2001 | 201 | 76 |
| 2002 | 187 | 212 |
| 2003 | 191 | 260 |
| 2004 | 180 | 239 |
| 2005 | 171 | 221 |
| 2006 | 167 | 181 |
| 2007 | 134 | 122 |
| 2008 | 124 | 84 |
| 2009 | 88 | 61 |
| 2010 | 57 | 33 |
| 2011 | 42 | 31 |
| 2012 | 29 | 16 |
| 2013 | 17 | 33 |
| 2014 | 32 | 31 |
| 2015 | 22 | 17 |
| 2016 | 18 | 13 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 |
| 2018 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019 | 28 | 17 |
| 2020 | 22 | 33 |
| 2021 | 34 | 43 |
| 2022 | 38 | 25 |
| 2023 | 32 | 48 |
| 2024 | 30 | 40 |
| 2025 | 30 | 14 |
| 2026 | 15 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 23/04Magazines2,893
- G11B 23/03Containers for flat record carriers1,905
- G11B 23/023Containers for magazines or cassettes821
- G11B 23/113Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of magazines or cassettes285
- G11B 23/037Single reels or spools257
- G11B 23/027Containers for single reels or spools96
- G11B 23/021Comprising means for reducing influence of physical parameters73
- G11B 23/12Bins for random storage of webs or filaments32
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By later US patents
- Interface apparatus operable by using floppy disk drive1,366US 6,256,688 B1Casio Computer Co., Ltd. · 2001
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- Smart data storage device198US 5,159,182 ASmartDiskette GmbH · 1992
- Method for selectively playing back programs recorded on a video tape191US 5,621,579 AIndex Systems, Inc. · 1997