G11B 3/00
Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing
Official title: Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing, e.g. of grooves or pits; Reproducing by mechanical sensing; Record carriers therefor (G11B11/00, {G11B13/00} take precedence)
G11B3/00 (Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing) appears on 930 US grants and 134 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 930
- Published applications
- 134
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,113
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 54 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 100 | 0 |
| 1979 | 67 | 0 |
| 1980 | 78 | 0 |
| 1981 | 70 | 0 |
| 1982 | 98 | 0 |
| 1983 | 61 | 0 |
| 1984 | 73 | 0 |
| 1985 | 47 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 |
| 2018 | 16 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 13 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 3/02Arrangements of heads479
- G11B 3/44Styli139
- G11B 3/68Record carriers122
- G11B 3/58Cleaning record carriers or styli102
- G11B 3/001Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing: with vibrating mechanical coupling means65
- G11B 3/60Turntables for record carriers41
- G11B 3/64Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one grooved record carrier on to one12
- G11B 3/008Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing: for digital information8
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By later US patents
- Cueing device for phonographs350US 4,079,944 A1978
- Apparatus for a record player distinguishing between recorded and unrecorded portions of a disc345US 4,707,815 ATokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
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- Process for making information carrying discs103US 4,374,077 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1983
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