G11B 5/54

With provision for moving the head into or out of its operative

Official title: with provision for moving the head into or out of its operative position or across tracks

G11B5/54 (With provision for moving the head into or out of its operative) appears on 5,954 US grants and 2,609 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 5,954
Published applications: 2,609
Assignees: 633
Inventors: 6,561
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

Filings by year

G11B 5/54: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	34	0
1977	43	0
1978	34	0
1979	35	0
1980	33	0
1981	36	0
1982	46	0
1983	37	0
1984	43	0
1985	50	0
1986	77	0
1987	123	0
1988	93	0
1989	109	0
1990	84	0
1991	89	0
1992	83	0
1993	96	0
1994	108	0
1995	99	0
1996	112	0
1997	120	0
1998	239	0
1999	255	0
2000	290	0
2001	211	87
2002	222	256
2003	268	219
2004	274	220
2005	248	227
2006	277	192
2007	189	188
2008	183	172
2009	191	137
2010	142	117
2011	103	55
2012	124	53
2013	80	49
2014	123	53
2015	141	67
2016	97	45
2017	71	37
2018	88	43
2019	76	48
2020	99	72
2021	96	55
2022	69	46
2023	52	61
2024	55	49
2025	64	40
2026	43	21

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

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G11B 5/55Track change, selection or acquisition by displacement of the head4,865

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