G11B 5/008

Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets

Official title: Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, {sheets, e.g. cards,} or wires (G11B15/00 {G11B19/00} take precedence; {bulk transferring of information magnetisation for re-recording G11B5/865; marking record carriers in digital fashion G06K})

G11B5/008 (Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets) appears on 2,750 US grants and 1,582 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,750
Published applications: 1,582
Assignees: 292
Inventors: 2,619
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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G11B 5/008: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	6	0
1977	4	0
1978	4	0
1979	3	0
1980	1	0
1981	5	0
1982	6	0
1983	11	0
1984	20	0
1985	17	0
1986	26	0
1987	30	0
1988	26	0
1989	29	0
1990	21	0
1991	28	0
1992	29	0
1993	33	0
1994	64	0
1995	56	0
1996	62	0
1997	69	0
1998	118	0
1999	104	0
2000	126	0
2001	89	35
2002	65	58
2003	52	60
2004	64	69
2005	52	70
2006	60	42
2007	54	44
2008	47	54
2009	42	46
2010	36	36
2011	41	34
2012	47	49
2013	42	57
2014	79	76
2015	113	91
2016	117	97
2017	107	82
2018	98	106
2019	137	105
2020	130	72
2021	102	100
2022	97	45
2023	58	64
2024	58	43
2025	33	30
2026	32	17

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