G11B 33/12
Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus
Official title: Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
G11B33/12 (Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus) appears on 3,589 US grants and 2,946 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 3,589
- Published applications
- 2,946
- Assignees
- 755
- Inventors
- 6,077
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 134 | 167 |
| 2004 | 112 | 176 |
| 2005 | 119 | 244 |
| 2006 | 156 | 229 |
| 2007 | 142 | 189 |
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| 2018 | 120 | 100 |
| 2019 | 113 | 91 |
| 2020 | 84 | 64 |
| 2021 | 85 | 78 |
| 2022 | 68 | 49 |
| 2023 | 45 | 52 |
| 2024 | 43 | 50 |
| 2025 | 36 | 50 |
| 2026 | 29 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Ruggedized hand held computer708US 6,532,152 B1Intermec IP Corp. · 2003
- Adapter and a removable slide-in cartridge for an information storage system340US 4,941,841 A1990
- Fault tolerant modular subsystems for computers284US 4,754,397 ATandem Computers Incorporated · 1988
- System for enabling stacking of autochanger modules262US 6,269,411 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001
- Paperless portable book230US 5,339,091 ASemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 1994